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T-Mobile Announces New TVision Streaming Service, Offers Free Apple TV+ With Subscription
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I see the future of TV. Service A has show X that you like. Service B has show Y. Service C has show Z... keep repeating this with every unique show being exclusive to just one service. You now have 1,348 apps to allow you to watch the shows that you like to watch which used to all be carried under one subscription on Cable.
Yep... we've killed the monopoly alright... but what we haven't done is made things better.
Yep... we've killed the monopoly alright... but what we haven't done is made things better.
At least in my state there's no sales taxes or fees on Internet streaming services such as this. I've never paid a cent of tax for DirecTVNOW when I had it or YouTubeTV now.
I'll take the cheaper price of streaming over cable any day. along with the ability to cancel services in seconds.
That is a plus for your state. I still have DirecTV Now.
I am grandfathered in with the “Go Big Package” with HBO Max for $55 a month.
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I saw it on the link below: https://www.t-mobile.com/tvision/all-hd-4k-tv. I’m tired of YouTube TV with 720p and some 1080p streams in 2020. In addition, their price keeps going up. I want 4K content outside of Apple TV+, Amazon, and Netflix for my 2020 LG OLED.
What can I say, I got lured away by the siren song of pause/rewind live TV and unlimited cloud DVR vs 20hrs...
This service could be interesting if they give a price break for TM wireless customers or have a bundle deal with it.
Maybe that might entice someone like me that cut the cable completely last year.
Maybe that might entice someone like me that cut the cable completely last year.
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People want a la carte and ad-free. But those bundles of a good channel or two with a bunch no one cares about are how they sell ads. Corporate X owns networks Q, R, S and T. R is the only popular channel, while Q, S and T are just filler channels. Corporate X sells ads to Corporate Y by giving them a few good slots on popular channel R, and a bunch of meh ad slots on the filler channels, so they think they're getting a steal.
People don't want to pay cable prices (which are admittedly absurd), but they also don't want ads. People don't realize just how much their programming is subsidized by those ads. If they had to bear the brunt of the entire cost without ads they would complain even more.
People don't want to pay cable prices (which are admittedly absurd), but they also don't want ads. People don't realize just how much their programming is subsidized by those ads. If they had to bear the brunt of the entire cost without ads they would complain even more.
And how do you watch local news and sports on those? Your "point" might be very different from anyone else's point. Most people still want to watch live TV.
Well, if you are tech-inclined, go to Reddit to find free live sports streaming. I just watched the entire NBA season. Local News, you can always get an antenna for very cheap.
Radio on in the morning, Hulu has ESP, plus there are plenty of free to air local TV stations. I quit cable some 5 years ago and will never go back to live TV . Of course my point is very much different from other people and that's fine. However most of the stream services are free or have limited adds and that is what most people are looking for.
Not always. Where I am now, the “local” broadcast stations are 50+ miles away in three different directions. While not impossible to solve this for three TVs in the household, doing so is neither cheap, simple, nor user friendly for nontechie family members.
My point being there are varying situations and preferences, thus different solutions will be best for different folks.
I’ve been using Youtube TV for months now. I love it, and I’ve never had a single issue with it. I originally gave it a chance because it’s one of the only live TV streaming services that offers NBA TV (PS Vue had it, but I don’t have a PS4 anymore, and I’m pretty sure they killed it, anyway) and since then I haven’t seen any reason to ditch it.
Granted, this is Google, so it’ll probably be renamed and revamped a dozen times over the next few years, features wil be stripped, and then eventually it’ll be sent to the Google Graveyard.
Yet they still wanna throttle speed on services like YouTube, even on 5g? I want to watch 4K video on my 5g network and I won’t spend the extra money just for 1080p streaming. I’ll just use WiFi.
Don’t forget while all that is happening that you mentioned they’ll also be siphoning off you data and personal info. Because they’re google. Good luck 🍀 😉
Yes, had that too it was great. Then they kept going up $20 every so often.
I mean if the $10 service had local channels I'd do it but Sling for $15 is much much better. Or get both the Sling options for $30.
at $40 or $50 + Comcast cheapest option is $30-40..... you are at $80.... what is the point of cost cutting at that point?
This does look like it could be a viable alternative to more traditional cable and satellite TV providers. However, T-Mobile assumes that you have a fast broadband Wi-Fi connection that will allow you to stream those TV channels. Folks like me who continue to only have access to a slow DSL line are not going to be that happy with the performance of TVision. The reason why I have a satellite (Dish Network) provider is that I can get good quality, uninterrupted video from the satellite dish without impinging on my limited Internet capabilities. Heck, I don't even have access to a cable Internet/TV provider.
T-Mobile today announced the launch of new streaming service options that include TVision LIVE, VIBE, and CHANNELS, all of which work with a new TVision Hub.
TVision LIVE is priced between $40 and $60 per month and offers up live news, sports, and other content along with on-demand TV shows and 100 hours of cloud DVR. Full details on all of the available channels can be found on T-Mobile's website.
TVision VIBE is priced at $10 per month and offers over 30 channels from the "most-watched networks on TV" with thousands of shows on demand. TVision Channels allows users to create their own unique mix of channels by subscribing to existing services through T-Mobile at prices starting at $5.99 per month, with support for STARZ, SHOWTIME, and EPIX at launch.
According to T-Mobile, TVision is available exclusively to T-Mobile postpaid customers, with TVision content available on Apple and Android mobile devices, Apple TV, smart TVs, and the TVision HUB, T-Mobile's version of a TV dongle complete with remote.
As a perk for TVision subscribers, T-Mobile is offering customers who sign up for the TVision Live TV+ or Live Zone options ($50 and $60 per month, respectively) a free year's subscription of Apple TV+ along with an option to purchase an Apple TV 4K for $99, which is an $80 savings after a rebate.
TVision launches on November 1, and the Apple TV+ deal is available starting on that date through December 31.
Article Link: T-Mobile Announces New TVision Streaming Service, Offers Free Apple TV+ With Subscription
T-Mobile is promising a high(er) speed 5G Internet solution, and that may work for rural customers like myself, but they can't even predict when it will arrive.
So, I'll stick with my Satellite system for now, until I can get better Internet.
T-Mobile is offering an Apple TV for $99, which also includes 1 year of Apple TV+