I am seeing more articles pop up on the subject. Actually I am starting to really like online video streaming relative to the traditional cable line ups for any number of reasons:
Selection is often better even relative to the a cable provider's OnDemand type services that I've seen, for instance, if you had HBO or other premium service subscription, you may find that the lineup of movies for the online streaming end are often better relative to what OnDemand services have to offer. Secondly even while some OnDemand packages may offer some things less commonly offered for a given subscription rate (at least one provider that I've seen has something like a OnDemand type movie streaming package), but I don't know if its really as comparable to Netflix, Amazon Prime, or any other service. Recently I've managed to stumble upon some other streaming services that, for instance, offer more than just mainstream video, at a reasonable monthly rate, that makes for excellent off beat/independent film movie watching. Another article I've read suggested some sites like Pluto Tv which interesting raise new possibilities concerning potential cable-like television programming, technically the shows are aggregated video feeds in any number of cases (e.g. from Vimeo). Although the channel line up at the moment relative to cable providers may be thinner but it is technically a free streaming television service. Recently I've gotten into Fandor a lot since not only are limited group screenings done for specific titles through the Criterion group, but that these may be packaged by themes and specific directors, for a something that might be closer to a film festival like experience. Some day if aggregate video streaming looks anything like internet radio, maybe this could pose some bigger changes to the way that video production takes place in the future, in terms of grouping. Cable itself on the other hand, seems worse relative to the early hey days of its expansion into digital arenas with more channels and greater diversity of programming options, and more often than not I've let the television lay dormant in so far as television use...not that this is always bad.
Selection is often better even relative to the a cable provider's OnDemand type services that I've seen, for instance, if you had HBO or other premium service subscription, you may find that the lineup of movies for the online streaming end are often better relative to what OnDemand services have to offer. Secondly even while some OnDemand packages may offer some things less commonly offered for a given subscription rate (at least one provider that I've seen has something like a OnDemand type movie streaming package), but I don't know if its really as comparable to Netflix, Amazon Prime, or any other service. Recently I've managed to stumble upon some other streaming services that, for instance, offer more than just mainstream video, at a reasonable monthly rate, that makes for excellent off beat/independent film movie watching. Another article I've read suggested some sites like Pluto Tv which interesting raise new possibilities concerning potential cable-like television programming, technically the shows are aggregated video feeds in any number of cases (e.g. from Vimeo). Although the channel line up at the moment relative to cable providers may be thinner but it is technically a free streaming television service. Recently I've gotten into Fandor a lot since not only are limited group screenings done for specific titles through the Criterion group, but that these may be packaged by themes and specific directors, for a something that might be closer to a film festival like experience. Some day if aggregate video streaming looks anything like internet radio, maybe this could pose some bigger changes to the way that video production takes place in the future, in terms of grouping. Cable itself on the other hand, seems worse relative to the early hey days of its expansion into digital arenas with more channels and greater diversity of programming options, and more often than not I've let the television lay dormant in so far as television use...not that this is always bad.
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