Sling only has ABC today. VUE has Fox, NBC, and CBS. They just signed with Disney to get ABC and ESPN. They have all four. The holy grail.
I'm switching to VUE and canceling DirecTV unless AT&T offers something compelling for OTT.
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I'm switching to VUE and canceling DirecTV unless AT&T offers something compelling for OTT.
eww. That answers all my questions.Channels suck.They are an old-fashioned idea stuck in the days of linear scheduled television.
Even if you could purchase certain channels... they still broadcast one show at a time... literally AT a certain time.
We're in an on-demand world now. Wouldn't it be better to subscribe to a service that let you watch the "shows" you wanted to watch? Whenever you want?
I understand the concept of purchasing individual channels... but those channels will still broadcast stuff you won't want... and they broadcast while you're at work, or asleep, etc.
It doesn't seem like you would be gaining much.
I have been waiting for the good alternative to dropping cable, but one have not been found one yet.
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Are these show on-demand if you miss the time they are broadcast?
That's what I said, ABC. And they have had ESPN and ESPN2 since they started, and are adding ESPN3. Not to mention the sports add on. And it doesn't change the fact that for me as an example, living somewhere right in the center of America, VUE has absolutely nothing to offer me. Because I can't get it. And probably won't be able to in the foreseeable future.
amazon video on the phone works flawlessly to ATV via airplay.. never a hitch.
English channels are live i think but the International channels are not live and expensive.
Last time I checked, pretty sure AMC doesn't come in over the air. Of course you use an antenna for local channels, that's what I do.
I cut the cord in march of last year and went Sling right away. It did have some growing pains but as of late everything has been great. Most shows you can jump back up to 7 days and view them and some shows are kept in the on-demand portion of the specific channel (usually the last 4 episodes) Sling coupled with Over The Air HD (OTA) on a Tablo box www.tablo.com lets us get all of our local channels and news and major networks in crystal clear HD and provides a cable box style listing service and DVR service to record and watch all favorite shows locally or remotely in iOS. Tablo has also publicly stated and shown a prototype of their software for ATV 4 and is due shortly. I will buy a ATV 4 the minute Sling and Tablo switch over and dump my ROKU 3 which is a VERY BUGGY device
I was talking about the concept of channels in general.
Sling TV is great if you happen to like the channels it offers.
But it's still live TV. You have to tune-in at a certain time to watch certain shows. It's the old-fashioned broadcast model... even though Sling TV is delivered over the internet.
You could absolutely drop your live cable channels and switch to live Sling TV channels. But you'd be getting basically the same thing. Sure... you might pay less... but you also get less. It all depends on how many live channels you want.
My point was... we need something better than live TV. Linear channels don't make much sense anymore since we live in an on-demand world.
Sling TV says they offer "10,000 hours of On-Demand Programming" but apparently it's not all it's cracked up to be. You might only get a couple episodes of a current show... or a few episodes from multiple seasons of a show. It's not a true on-demand service.
Sling TV's main purpose is live TV.
And that's an old-fashioned idea today... in my opinion.
There's no DVR function for Sling, which is a major minus for me since I travel a lot and like coming home to my dvr full of shows I've missed. Plus I like the ability to rewind a few minutes when I miss something. The thing that would still get me to get Sling is that I enjoy the show Talking Dead and the only way to get it is to have full access to AMC since there is no subscription for it in iTunes and Hulu doesn't offer Walking Dead nor Talking Dead, only the spinoff show.
EDIT- After some digging on the Sling site, I see that they offer OnDemand for some channels, including AMC so I guess I could still watch the last episode of those shows after I get back from a trip. Good to know! Sling also offers some movie rentals, although I would use iTunes for that since Sling's offerings are slim.
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Apple would never go with SlingTv. That home screen is a photoshop job 100% certain. I would bet anyone anything that it's a shop job. Who wants to bet?
I was really excited to support this and although the lag wasn't a big issue the menus, the bizarre On Demand content (I heard it existed, I never found it, didn't care that much though) and the lack of rewind features on some channels ultimately drove me away. I'd love to see an hybrid of Sling TV with an OTA box for more natural channel surfing but I may be in a small minority there.
Writing "lossless" when you mean "minimally lossy" is "literally" the worst thing a person can do.
That's a pretty tall ask. Until someone can solve the money portion of the equation (for the content providers), things aren't going to change much. Cord cutters aren't a profitable revenue stream. That's not a knock, it just is. That's why the people who control the content aren't bending over backwards to make it easy. Cord cutters cut into (pun intended) the ridiculously lucrative and practically guaranteed advertising revenue.
If you or anyone can come up with a plan where content providers feel they're not losing money, the barriers would fall like dominoes.
Come on Amazon.
I have had good experience with Sling on Roku 3 on a 25Mbps ethernet connection.
I have had good experience with Sling on Roku 3 on a 25Mbps ethernet connection.
Chart of everything:
http://www.techhive.com/article/290...nd-all-the-restrictions-all-in-one-chart.html
I used it for a while just to watch the series marathon of Mad Men before the finale, and the streaming works really well over LTE. IMO the channels aren't expansive but they have all the staples you're probably interested in. They have that sports package with the SEC network, so they really tend to my every need. I think it's a great service.
If what you're imply is true, your time here at MacRumors will be short. Hope you enjoyed it.
I would like too see Amazon Prime on ATV 4 and Spoyify in the mean time, I will stick with my Roku 4K and Amazon Stick. This will be the only way I will get a ATV4, I'm still using my ATV2 works find for what I want AirPlay.
You do realize that the App Store is open to any developer...right? Just like iOS. Apple isn't "choosing" to go with SlingTV or any other content provider.
Chances this is available on apple tv 3?
Sling TV customers who have been hoping for a tvOS app may soon be able to watch the service on their fourth-generation Apple TVs, as it appears a launch could be coming in the near future. This morning, a MacRumors reader came across a Sling TV app in the tvOS App Store, which he says "works great" after he downloaded it.
The app disappeared from the tvOS App Store shortly after he installed it, but screenshots show the app interface, complete with Sling channels to select from, and they depict the Sling TV app on the Home screen.
For those unfamiliar with Sling TV, it is an Internet-based streaming television service that's designed for cord cutters. Sling TV offers a $20 bundle of channels that can be watched live on a range of devices, from iPhones and iPads to Macs, consoles, and set-top boxes like the Amazon Fire TV and the Roku.
The third-generation Apple TV did not support Sling TV because Apple exercised strict control over the available content options, but with the fourth-generation Apple TV, Apple has loosened up its guidelines to make a much wider range of content available. With an inability to secure its own deals for a streaming television service, Apple has turned to making the tvOS App Store a way for content providers to offer a varied and rich selection of media options.
There was some speculation suggesting Apple had banned Sling from creating an Apple TV app, but a Sling representative later clarified that was not true, saying "We'd like to be on as many platforms as possible."
As recently as this morning, Sling said it had no information to divulge when questioned about the release of an Apple TV app, but the screenshots obtained this morning seem to suggest that an app is in the works and that it could be released in the near future.
Article Link: Sling TV App Briefly Appears in Apple TV App Store, Hinting at Upcoming Launch
