EXACTLY! And pay for those shows you really use and not all the “packaged” junk they make you take. Cafeteria cable has been fought with tons of money by the cable companies year after year. Folks want cafeteria but legislators are paid too much money to let it pass.
On Mar 24, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Eugene Wiser (ConAgra Foods) <[email protected]> wrote: > What I would like is the option to use the box that I want to use. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Robinson > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 9:34 AM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: [MacGroup] Maybe there is hope? > > Apple in Comcast talks about streaming TV: report > Apple is in talks with US cable and Internet giant Comcast about a > streaming-television service that would use an Apple set-top box, a report > said Sunday. > > Talks are in their early stages but any deal would allow Apple to get special > treatment on Comcast's cables to ensure it bypasses congestion on the web, > The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter. > > "But the deal, if sealed, would mark a new level of cooperation and > integration between a technology company and a cable provider to modernize TV > viewing," the WSJ said. > > "Apple's intention is to allow users to stream live and on-demand TV > programming and digital-video recordings stored in the 'cloud,' effectively > taking the place of a traditional cable set-top box." > > Apple hopes the tie-up will mean viewers will not have to contend with > frustrating buffering that can take place while streaming web video. > > The report stressed that a deal was some way off, and would require Comcast > "to make significant investments in network equipment and other back-office > technology." > > Last month, Netflix and Comcast said they had reached an agreement so that > the US video-streaming service's programming could be viewed more smoothly. > > Netflix and its heavy traffic flow had been reaching Comcast's network via > bandwidth intermediaries, sometimes resulting in non-fluid streaming, or > buffering. > > Also in February, Comcast unveiled plans to swallow rival Time Warner Cable > in a $45.2 billion mega-deal that triggered debate on the creation of a > cable-Internet behemoth. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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