John Karr on 8 Dec 2014 13:41:08 -0800 |
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Re: [PLUG] No TV Over the Air? |
I stated: '... and some DVD and streaming service purchases'. A Netflix DVD subscription or the free delivery that your Prime subscription gives you on purchased product will let you watch Walking Dead if you're patient. If you consume a lot of TV, or aren't patient, you may not be cut out to be a cable cutter. HBO will be selling digital subscriptions next year, I expect the other premium networks to all follow. > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 3:49 PM, John Karr <brainbuz@brainbuz.org> wrote: > >> I don't have cable and I don't have rabbit ears. The tiny amount of >> network tv I watch I just wait for on Hulu. If the programming you watch >> isn't available on Hulu or takes too long to get there (Hulu's premium >> subscribers get some content sooner) you might look for it directly on >> the >> station's or network's websites, and at least one of the legacy >> broadcast >> networks is trying to sell digital subscriptions. >> > > > The problem with that is that almost all such networks *require* a cable > or > satellite login, as authentication. If you don't have such a subscription, > you can't log in and watch "The Walking Dead" episodes from AMC's website, > for example. > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug