Apple's Android Killer - iTunes subscription plan at $30 a month

Apple Wants iTunes to Replace Your Cable Box for 30 Bucks a Month
http://gizmodo.com/5395251/apple-wan...-bucks-a-month

Apple's apparently pitching to networks a subscription plan that would
deliver all your TV shows through iTunes for $30 a month, with the
goal of launching it next year.

But don't hold your breath on it happening yet: Peter Kafka has "yet
to hear of a single programmer that has made a firm commitment." As he
points out, while networks are constantly looking for new revenue,
like those asshole aliens in Independence Day moving from world to
world consuming every natural resource, they're nervous about the idea
for a lot of reasons.

A lot of it has to do with the icky, sticky relationships between
networks and cable operators, where everybody's worried about losing
out as people start to watch more and more TV content online, not in
their living room—where streaming video eats up bandwidth, and
advertising revenues aren't nearly as rich (which is why Hulu wants to
figure out new ways to get you to pay).

While these little complications might slow the process down, the
exodus is inevitable. There's no stopping this. The internet is the
new cable: Netflix, Hulu, BitTorrent. Apple might not get to launch it
in a few months, but it will happen. Just give it time. The actually
crazy part, if you ask me, is that the Apple TV might even live up to
its name.

"New Easy Free iPhone Unlock Nov 7, 2009" <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in
news:36ab5b68-2d98-494f-a0d9-186d0781de16@t2g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:

> While these little complications might slow the process down, the
> exodus is inevitable. There's no stopping this. The internet is the
> new cable: Netflix, Hulu, BitTorrent. Apple might not get to launch it
> in a few months, but it will happen. Just give it time. The actually
> crazy part, if you ask me, is that the Apple TV might even live up to
> its name.
>

http://www.livestation.com/

Even works on MACs!

Every station has its own chatroom, but most hang out at AlJazeera English
chatroom. There was a guy from Tehran giving us first hand information
about Iran in there, yesterday, a student.

Livestation and its access is still free, but there is an upcoming upgrade
to include a new HDTV server I'm helping to beta test (break?) very soon.
There's still plenty of free channels to watch, though.

Livestation will have an iPhone app out shortly, too, if it gets app store
approval...

Their real partner servers are akamai monsters with serious bandwidth.
AlJazeera HQ in high definition will smoke your bandwidth....(c;

This is broadband streaming TV, not "clips" of some video file.

--
Larry

On Nov 2, 4:25*pm, Larry <no...@home.com> wrote:
> "New Easy Free iPhone Unlock Nov 7, 2009" <vic.hea...@gmail.com> wrote innews:36ab5b68-2d98-494f-a0d9-186d0781de16@t2g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
>
> > While these little complications might slow the process down, the
> > exodus is inevitable. There's no stopping this. The internet is the
> > new cable: Netflix, Hulu, BitTorrent. Apple might not get to launch it
> > in a few months, but it will happen. Just give it time. The actually
> > crazy part, if you ask me, is that the Apple TV might even live up to
> > its name.
>
> http://www.livestation.com/
>
> Even works on MACs!
>
> Every station has its own chatroom, but most hang out at AlJazeera English
> chatroom. *There was a guy from Tehran giving us first hand information
> about Iran in there, yesterday, a student.
>
> Livestation and its access is still free, but there is an upcoming upgrade
> to include a new HDTV server I'm helping to beta test (break?) very soon.*
> There's still plenty of free channels to watch, though.
>
> Livestation will have an iPhone app out shortly, too, if it gets app store
> approval...
>
> Their real partner servers are akamai monsters with serious bandwidth. *
> AlJazeera HQ in high definition will smoke your bandwidth....(c;
>
> This is broadband streaming TV, not "clips" of some video file.
>
> --
> Larry

Hey Larry, check out those DisasterWatch@yahoogroups.com and related
disasterwatch sub groups including one for hams. Looks promising.
As a ham with global connections it would be up your alley. You
reminded me of this with this post.

Vic

Larry answered:

> http://www.livestation.com/
>
> Even works on MACs!
>
> Every station has its own chatroom, but most hang out at AlJazeera English
> chatroom. There was a guy from Tehran giving us first hand information
> about Iran in there, yesterday, a student.
>
> Livestation and its access is still free, but there is an upcoming upgrade
> to include a new HDTV server I'm helping to beta test (break?) very soon.
> There's still plenty of free channels to watch, though.
>
> Livestation will have an iPhone app out shortly, too, if it gets app store
> approval...
>
> Their real partner servers are akamai monsters with serious bandwidth.
> AlJazeera HQ in high definition will smoke your bandwidth....(c;
>
> This is broadband streaming TV, not "clips" of some video file.
>

Yeah it's great if you're a Sand Nigger Towelhead. why don't you move to
Iraq, Hadji !