[Chat] Internet TV service Aereo to launch in Baltimore

[chad abrams]

I registered on this site several months ago but I haven't heard anything.

A challenge to this approach is, ironically, the electricity cost.  There
was an article in the WSJ several weeks back.  The way it works every
subscriber essentially gets their own antenna/tv card on the host server.
 While each one of these chips might only take a 1/2 a watt... multiply
that by hundreds of thousands of subscribers and the electric bill alone
for this service could become quite crippling.  Interesting idea though and
I too look for a time when there won't be the cable monopoly.

best, Chad



On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Emil Volcheck <volcheck at acm.org> wrote:

> Hello, neighbors,
>
> I've been paying attention to Internet TV services in the hope that
> they will mature enough so that I can save paying $90/month for our
> DishTV satellite TV service.  The Aereo service looks like it has some
> momentum.  It will provide you web access to local channels plus some
> basic cable-type channels for a monthly fee.  Learn more here:
>
> https://aereo.com/preregister/bal
>
> I can't say whether this will be a good deal yet, but I will follow
> it.  I previously subscribed to Ivi TV (http://www.ivi.tv/), which
> worked well at providing broadcast TV over the Internet, but it
> couldn't survive lawsuits from the cable industry.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Emil
>
> --
> Emil Volcheck
> volcheck at acm.org
> http://EmilVolcheck.com/
>
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