050: Cable TV is Failing and Other News

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06/12/17 • 72 min

Grounded Reason Podcast - Cord Cutting and Internet Issues

In this episode what the head of a major pay TV lobby said about the future of cable TV. We also discuss Mohu's wireless TV antenna, Verizon's streaming service, a lawsuit against a popular Kodi plugin, and rural broadband Internet.

Links for Todays show:

Cable TV is Failing - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/cable-tv-failing-as-a-business-cable-industry-lobbyist-says/

Beta Testing Verizon Streaming Service - http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-IPTV-Beta-Testers-Get-Free-Year-of-Triple-Play-Service-139711

Mohu AirWave -

https://www.groundedreason.com/mohu-airwave-wireless-antenna/

Kodi Lawsuit -

https://torrentfreak.com/dish-network-sues-zemtv-and-tv-addons-for-copyright-infringement-170605/

Rural America, Health, and Broadband - https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/connect2health.key_findings.pdf

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Links for Todays show:

Cable TV is Failing - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/06/cable-tv-failing-as-a-business-cable-industry-lobbyist-says/

Beta Testing Verizon Streaming Service - http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-IPTV-Beta-Testers-Get-Free-Year-of-Triple-Play-Service-139711

Mohu AirWave -

https://www.groundedreason.com/mohu-airwave-wireless-antenna/

Kodi Lawsuit -

https://torrentfreak.com/dish-network-sues-zemtv-and-tv-addons-for-copyright-infringement-170605/

Rural America, Health, and Broadband - https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/connect2health.key_findings.pdf

Support Net Neutrality by commenting at this link - https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/proceedings?q=name:((17-108))

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Previous Episode

049: Streaming Live TV and Cord Cutting Savings

Today we discuss a real life story of saving money by cutting the cord. We also cover five different streaming services that allow you to cut the cord and watch stream live TV over the Internet

Links for Todays Show

Finding Affordable Internet - https://www.groundedreason.com/how-to-get-internet-without-cable/

Sling TV - https://www.groundedreason.com/sling-tv-review-watch-live-tv-online/

DirecTV Now - https://www.groundedreason.com/direct-now-cable-tv-over-internet/

Hulu TV - https://www.groundedreason.com/tv-shows-hulu-worth-cost/

PlayStation Vue - https://www.groundedreason.com/replace-cable-with-playstation-vue/

YouTube TV - https://www.groundedreason.com/youtube-tv-channels/

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Next Episode

051: Why You Should Care About HDR TV

This episode covers the competing HDR (High Dynamic Range) TV specification and why it's much more important than 4K TV. We also discuss Netflix recent change of heart on Net Neutrality and Dennis has a new found love for Roku Smart TV.

What is HDR - https://www.groundedreason.com/what-is-hdr-tv/

Netflix joins the fight to save Net Neutrality - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/06/netflix-re-joins-fight-to-save-net-neutrality-rules/

Battle for the Net - https://www.battleforthenet.com

TLC Roku Smart TV - http://amzn.to/2sG6aMa

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