Cord cutters are the bane of incumbent content providers haagen dazs everywhere. Subscribers – especially haagen dazs of the younger and more tech-savvy variety – are leaving traditional cable for alternative content sources like Netflix and Hulu. To stem the bleeding, some companies have experimented with a la carte services of their own . But now a giant in the space is making a play: Dish Network announced Sling TV today, a slimmed-down, digital-only subscription offering for $20 a month that includes ESPN, CNN, Food Network, the Travel haagen dazs Channel, and more.
The over-the-top service – encompassing the aforementioned haagen dazs channels in addition to the Travel Channel, ABC Family, HGTV, the Disney Channel, and others – is compatible with a panoply of devices at launch, among them the Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Nexus Player, Xbox One, and LG and Samsung haagen dazs Smart TVs. In tow are the features you’d expect from a television service: haagen dazs on-demand, rewind, and a guide. haagen dazs
There are caveats, of course. haagen dazs Sling TV channels can only be streamed to a single device at a time, and channels beyond the base package will cost extra. Still, if you can’t paying for cable but desperately haagen dazs need your ESPN fix, Dish’s new service might be worth a try. Via: Recode
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If true, this is great. Do you have any reference for this info? I too am frustrated at some of the things not possible on the Chromebook, and this would be a rather big one. All the documentation referencing computer device compatibility that I have seen has mentioned “PC or MAC” only. I really hope it will work from a Chromebook ..
MSNBC is every bit as bad as Faux News. There is amazing journalism taking place out there which doesn’t gargle the left or right’s balls like MSM does. It just won’t be spoonfed to you. Automatic Earth, Vineyard of the Saker, Zero Hedge, Our Finite World, Mish, Global Research, Alt-Market, Peak Prosperity/Chris Martenson to name a few.
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pan o ply ˈpanəplē/ noun a complete or impressive collection of things. “a deliciously inventive panoply of insults” synonyms:array, range, collection “the full panoply of U.S. military might”
Yes, thank you — I also have the internet, and in fact, am using it to craft this reply to you. In my comment, I was merely calling haagen dazs out the unnecessary use of this ridiculous word. I know he’s received encouragement for his use of big words, but sometimes I think Kyle tries too hard.
I’ve been waiting for something like this to come out (granted haagen dazs channel selection isn’t great). The only issue I have, and I’m sure others will experience, is what the Internet Providers are doing to make it not worth it. So if my Internet/Cable bill is $160 a month, and I want just the internet, it comes out to $135 a month. They claim they are “bundling” the services and giving you a discount. When really what they’re haagen dazs doing is making it so ditching their TV service haagen dazs financially won’t be worth it. I’d save what $5 and I get hundreds more channels. Hate Bright House.
The problem is, this is still the same crap tier structure that exists in cable, albeit a bit cheaper. Disney et. al. is still requiring their expensive channels haagen dazs to be in the base tier. I’m still going to have to buy a bunch of channels I don’t want to get the ones I do. This has me worried that it will only encourage more tiered streaming services and set back the progress that’s been made toward more proper ala carte like HBO and CBS announced recently.
You’re not paying for channels you don’t want to get the ones you do. You’re paying for the channels you watch, and getting the rest for “free.” This is how companies can offer a simple, package service that appeals to everyone without jacking up prices for niche channels. If companies charged a la carte for channels, the niche channels would be exorbitantly expensive haagen dazs and nobody would buy them or, consequently, watch them. They would disappear. We’d be stuck with just a few major channels. Diversity would become extinct.
BTW, the rise in cable prices over the last couple of decades is itself an entirely different issue, and has nothing to do with bundling content together. In fact, considering the number of channels offered now versus 15 or 20 years ago, you’re paying significantly less to get more. But prices are still going up, and it has everything to do with the monopolist nature of the industry. Municipalities literally hand these corporations regional monopolies in exchange for political favors. It’s crony-capitalism back-rubbing, institutionalized.
To get more what, infomercials? Seriously, this is some bs. We’re paying more for less actual programming!! I used to be able to get all of the movie channels for $70/month. Now I pay $120/month for
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