Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering

Re:Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering by xpose2000 on Monday January 05, 2015 @07:40PM (#8842273)

This is a huge first step to modern tv watching. I have DirecTV and Verizon FiOS internet, which is something like $200 per month. I am offered no bundled deals, so this is immensely appealing.

If they include local channels I would seriously consider giving this a try. I also hope it comes to Fire TV.

The other questions would be what about when you miss a show? Could you watch old episodes from the current season for free?

UPDATE: Looks like a DVR like functionality is not available yet and you can only watch from one device at a time. http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/05/sling-tv/

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Re:Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering by johngd on Monday January 05, 2015 @08:54PM (#8842500)

As someone who is in the process of cutting the cord (just ordered some gear, very excited!), I am hoping that the KODI(XBMC)/MythTV/etc community will work on something that integrates with this service as I can only imagine it will be a hot commodity when it comes out. It looks like they have already been working on a Xbox One app.

I will be trying this out day-one.

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Re:Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering by ericabiz on Monday January 05, 2015 @09:08PM (#8842543)

Local channels should be easy to get with an OTA antenna. If you live far away, you might have to put one on your roof. If you live within city limits, a simple wall-mounted, newer, "rabbit ears" style antenna should be plenty.

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Re:Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering by Corrado on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @04:11AM (#8843482)

I'm thinking of building a hardware (USB TV tuner + Raspberry Pi) and software (Roku channel) solution that allows you to hook up an OTA antenna and stream it to any TV on your local network.

Right now we use our Roku box pretty heavily but have to switch to OTA to watch local stuff. Its a pain in the butt to have to switch TV inputs all the time and requires an extra remote control. An OTA Roku channel solves the problem of switching inputs and too many remotes. :)

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Re:Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering by pwg on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @06:15AM (#8843813)

Unless you really want to build your own, the HDHomeRun OTA box [1] will already do the above, and you simply have to plug it in to your local network.

[1] http://www.hdhomerun.com/

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Re:Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering by bphogan on Tuesday January 06, 2015 @12:02AM (#8843013)

I love how history repeats. When I was a kid we had a big 50-foot antenna tower outside of my house so we could pull in stations from 90 miles away.

And now we're back to talking about outdoor antennas again. :)

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