Alright nerds, add this to your 2017 calendars…
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Only one episode OTA, the rest online (exclusively on CBS All Access).
TV providers need to get their act together. When we said we want a-la-carte television, we definitely didn’t mean that every station should start up its own streaming service with its own devices, apps, websites, and interfaces. Bleh.
I think this is a bad idea and setting a bad precedence. :naughty: However, I’ll still be laying down my monthly payment as a long time Trek fan.
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Being a trekkie too, and since this is to USA exclusively, so I reckon I can’t subscribe, I thought I’d contribute the annual subscription fee to a highly illogical movement …
As long as they continue giving access to people who already pay through other avenues (UVerse, Comcast, etc.), I don’t really mind. A-la-carte television is just a dream. The simple math that most people use is $100 / 200 channels = $0.50/month per channel. So, it must be cheaper to just buy the ones you actually watch, right? Supply & demand economics doesn’t work that way…
I do find myself streaming more & more television directly from the channel’s websites (primarily because my wife is a TV hog and its easier to just watch from my computer while doing other work…). Its actually a really smart move on their behalf because there’s now no way for me to skip the commercials. If I DVR the show, I can. If I stream it, I can’t. I suspect this will become more & more popular and the pay fee is only there for people that don’t pay for TV by other traditional means.
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I’m sure every episode will be available online through other means within 30 minutes of broadcast.
I did pay for each episode of “vikings” to stream via amazon prime. I dont mind that - it’s worth it to me.
I’ll probably pay too. I pay to watch my SJ Sharks down here in NZ.
I haven’t paid a subscription for TV for a few years now. An HDHomerun records shows from the air (which still exists, and is still free), and I watch them whenever it’s convenient. Add Netflix and Amazon Prime, and I’ve got plenty of stuff.
Subscribing per-network isn’t what bugs me, it’s the fact that Chromecast doesn’t play Amazon video, and Roku needs a remote (Chromecast really got that right), and …
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We use Fire TV Stick most of the time. We even took it with us to Aruba. By the way totally different Netflix content there vs US (much more movies).
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Waste of time gimmic. Sorry but I’m not falling for that. 2017?! Cmon i’m not falling for that.