Will Intel finally pull off the big cable TV change?
 

I was reading the other day that Intel is working to enter the market with a Roku style player that will allow them to deliver cable TV service to anyone with an internet connection. Supposedly the catch is that they are working to offer it a la carte so you will only pay for the channels you want.

If they could pull that off and the per channel prices were reasonable it could revolutionize cable TV.

You didn't read the latest then - they were already running into snags getting the deals in place with the different channels. Already not looking promising (though I would like to see such a setup).

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Getting the content producers onboard is going to be a challenge since most are already in longterm contracts with the current cable and satellite providers.

I understand that Apple is attempting to do something similar (I've even heard of Siri voice capability as a cool possible feature), since Tim Cook wants to extend Apple's consumer reach to the living room (beyond their current limited-feature set top box offering) - Cook recently said, ?When I go into my living room and turn on the TV, I feel like I have gone backwards in time by 20 to 30 years.?

If anyone can pull off the next (r)evolution in television, I would bet on Apple (although it could be their undoing too)... :2 cents:

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ADG

The article I read said there were some snags, but supposedly they had already gotten some Hollywood studios on board. Of course they didn't name those studios so there is no way to know if these are small, obscure companies or large ones.

So the cable company that provides my television as well as my internet is going to allow me to cancel the tv part so I can watch it on my internet instead? I see my internet connection going up in price to make this happen.

Add in the fact that many content producers have no incentive to cut a deal. The article I read said that Comcast (I think it was Comcast at least) pays $5 per subscriber to Disney just for the rights to air their ESPN channels even though only 25% of their customers actually watch those channels. There are also tons of channels that get hardly any viewers, but get a fee just for being on the cable network. If they had to exist based on subscribers they would go out of business.

I wouldn't be shocked to see like a "cable lite" come into existence. This would be something where you got internet and services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, but you also could pay extra and get access to the major channels like the broadcast networks, ESPN, AMC, TNT, Discovery etc. It just wouldn't offer all the smaller boutique stations.

I welcome it, because Cablevision is a rip off, and the service sucks balls.

That could be the case. Luckily, these days where I live there are a few different options for internet providers so there is some competition which could help keep the price from going up too much.