Sony is here to kill the traditional cable TV experience with PlayStation Vue

So, basically, I buy some hardware, then pay a bunch of money every month to get a whole bunch of channels, even though I'll only watch a few of those channels.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

The problem with the cable/satellite model is not the technology they use to distribute content; the problem is the business model of bundled programming. Kudos to NFL network, CBS, HBO, UFC, and the numerous other content creators who are streaming content on an a la carte basis.

With current technology, there is simply no need for a middleman bundler.

Originally posted by SoTired:

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So, basically, I buy some hardware, then pay a bunch of money every month to get a whole bunch of channels, even though I'll only watch a few of those channels.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

The problem with the cable/satellite model is not the technology they use to distribute content; the problem is the business model of bundled programming. Kudos to NFL network, CBS, HBO, UFC, and the numerous other content creators who are streaming content on an a la carte basis.

With current technology, there is simply no need for a middleman bundler.

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Most of the "packages" are due to content providers making cable/satellite companies take them (e.g. you can't have MTV and Comedy Central for X dollars/mo. because you have to take them along with MTV2, VH-1, CMTV, Nickelodeon, NickToons and TV Land for 2.5-3 times X dollars/mo.). That's usually what the contract negotiations that end up leading to outages for a while are over...the cable/satellite companies saying some of the extra channels they have to take aren't popular enough for them to want to pay that much for them.

Originally posted by SoTired:

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So, basically, I buy some hardware, then pay a bunch of money every month to get a whole bunch of channels, even though I'll only watch a few of those channels.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

The problem with the cable/satellite model is not the technology they use to distribute content; the problem is the business model of bundled programming. Kudos to NFL network, CBS, HBO, UFC, and the numerous other content creators who are streaming content on an a la carte basis.

With current technology, there is simply no need for a middleman bundler.

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Basically the same thing, what is the revolution?

It's the iPeople marketing approach, reinvent the wheel and pretend it never existed before. These days it works well, people buy in willingly, you can't blame them for pounding that model as it's the masses that set the way.

Sad but true!
Dumb and Dumber 2

Originally posted by rbi149:

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The NFL Network does not stream live game broadcasts, only archived material.

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And that is how it would work, it's amazing that people don't get that especially when we see it in place and working in areas like air travel one of the more recent models and that is just one of many examples.

Better yet build a cheap HTPC running XBMC/Kodi and Pay nothing outside of your internet access bill for all that content and more.