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CBS Sells Out of Online March Madness Inventory

CBS says it has sold out its ad inventory for March Madness On Demand, its upcoming live streaming of all 64 games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

“There is no inventory left,” said Jason Kint, CBSSports.com svp and general manager. “I will still take advertisers’ calls, but I’m not sure what else we could sell at this point.”

Kint said that despite a still-tough economy, the ad market had improved versus last year when the network took in close to $30 million in additional online ad revenue for MMOD. According to Kint, more advertisers have signed on this year versus last, including both brands that are advertising during CBS’s broadcast coverage of the tournament and several Web-only advertisers.

For this year’s tournament Coke and AT&T are returning as charter MMOD sponsors, though previous sponsor Pontiac has been replaced this year by Capital One.

Though Kint declined to discuss specific dollar figures, he said that he expected ad revenue to exceed last year’s high-water mark for MMOD. “There is not a lot of scarcity on the Web,” Kint said. “But when you are talking about live video that is DVR-proof, there is a ton of scarcity. This is a great case study for cross-platform selling. The NCAA tournament is unique—our success comes from when TV is not available.”

Besides Web streaming, CBS is once again delivering live games to Apple iPhone and iTouch devices via a premium MMOD application. This year the MMOD app runs for $9.99 (up from $4.99 last year)---but the app works on both 3G and EDGE and networks (last year’s app only ran via Wi-Fi). CBS also offers a free "lite" app, which features video highlights, news updates and scores from tournament games.

MLB.TV set for Grapefruit, Cactus action, subscribe now, don't miss Spring Training

Spring Training is officially under way with pitchers and catchers reporting to various camps in Arizona and Florida. Routines and rituals can now become established for Major League Baseball players as everyone pursues a World Series dream.

The opening of camps also heralds a tradition and a routine for fans just like you. Subscriptions are now available for MLB.TV Premium at $119.95 per year and for MLB.TV at $99.95 per year. This is when the masses sign up, to watch live Cactus and Grapefruit League exhibitions and then a whole season of live games.

Take it from Kevin Spradlin of LaVale, Md. He just subscribed to MLB.TV and said he will use it to follow multiple MLB clubs.

"I live in far western Maryland now and I can watch the games I want, including the Cardinals, Mariners and Royals," Spradlin said. "Through life in the Army, I followed Seattle and Kansas City and shortly after I got out, fell in love with the Cardinals -- my grandmother's favorite team, as she is from Missouri -- after watching them at Busch Stadium on Opening Day 2007.

"Now I can watch any game, any time. As a baseball fan, I simply couldn't pass up this affordable opportunity. The price is just right and the live-streaming video quality is excellent. I love the technology."

Millions have subscribed to MLB.TV since its inception in 2002, and it is back better than ever for its eighth season as a bar-raising technology in pro sports. A subscription will give you immediate access to relive every moment from every Major League game played in the 2009 season, including the Yankees' World Series clincher.

As part of the subscription, you will be able to watch or listen to more than 150 live games from Florida and Arizona as teams prepare for the 2010 regular season. The Spring Training schedule starts with Braves vs. Mets on March 2 in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Portability is one of the biggest 2010 features, as you will be able to enjoy convenient MLB.TV options optimized for numerous screens, from home and office computers to laptops and large monitors. Additional distribution through apps on various Apple products, including the company's latest innovation, the iPad, essentially means that MLB.TV has something for everybody, everywhere there's an Internet or mobile connection.

The full schedule of 2,430 regular-season games is included, and most of those are delivered in HD quality (where available). MLB.com's proprietary speed detection allows high-speed users to receive crisp, best-in-class streaming video on any size monitor.

Fans also will get real-time highlights and stats; on-demand access to full-game archives for viewing of any inning from the whole season; MLB.com condensed games featuring a quick, detailed journey from first pitch through the final out; access to MLB.com Gameday Audio and a new, interactive, proprietary pitch-by-pitch display; clickable linescores that take visitors straight to any half-inning of a game; and a fantasy player tracker consisting of ballplayers customized by subscribers and integrated with participating league rosters.

MLB.TV Premium subscribers get all that, and they also can enjoy the following features: Choice of home or away broadcast feeds, so favorite announcers are always a simple click away; DVR for pausing, rewinding and jumping back to live action; and a multi-game view (Quad Mode, Picture in Picture and Split Screen).

MLB.com made its 2010 MLB.TV subscriptions available on Jan. 27, featuring state-of-the-art delivery of live, out-of-market MLB games as part of an unprecedented full season of access to the product over a variety of devices. That includes customers enabled to buy through applications on the iPhone, iPod Touch and the brand-new iPad.

Jeremy Keller is a Cardinals fan and a computer science major at Indiana University, and he said in an email to MLB.com that he has MLB.TV for 2010 "because I am a diehard baseball fan and also a techno gadget freak! I have an iPhone and and iPod Touch and will be getting the iPad. I love being able to take baseball with me wherever I go."


Many fans are asking when the 2010 MLB.com At Bat app will be available and on what platforms, and the answer is to subscribe to MLB.TV and then stay tuned as it will be available between now and Opening Day. The anticipation over that 2010 app is understandable given the impact it had on so many fans last season.

The MLB.com At Bat app was synched up with MLB.TV during the 2009 season so that fans could watch all live out-of-market games over their iPhone and iPod Touch devices. That changed everything. It was the overall No. 2-selling app in iTunes for '09. Rave reviews included "Best Multimedia App" by Macworld and "2009 Most Valuable App" by Sports Illustrated, and CNET called it "another step in proving MLB.com's technical superiority."

The success of At Bat made it obvious to people that an MLB.TV subscription would be a natural fit as well for Apple's newest product. It will look different, but no matter what, it always starts with having an MLB.TV subscription, which you can get right now.

The 2010 MLB.TV media player will deliver a fleet of enhancements in a convenient, cutting-edge Adobe Flash format, offering an unparalleled live viewing experience for every out-of-market regular season game. Meanwhile, the MLB.com iPad application will support MLB.TV natively without Flash. It might not have the full feature set of the Flash version at the launch, but features will be added over time.

Baseball is back at last with the reporting of players to camps, and for them it is now a matter of establishing routines -- throwing in bullpens, hitting in the cages, spending much of your life at the ballpark and entertaining the fans. It is time for you to establish, or re-establish, a summertime way of life as well. Your Spring Training is here, an opportunity to enjoy MLB.TV and be more connected to the game than anyone else.


Mark Newman is enterprise editor of MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Cable Cutters: Cheap Alternatives to TV

I don't like service providers. Cable TV, landline phone and fax, mobile phone, ISP, and even satellite radio companies have so little real competition that they know they don't have to impress me very much to get my business. I either pay the full fees and become connected to them by their cord (physical or wireless), or I don't get any service. Until lately.

Now those companies face new pressure from Web-based technologies and services that can offer similar features for far less money, or even for free. Many of these services ride in on the cord owned by the big service provider, relegating said service provider to the job of operating "dumb pipes."

Which TV executive knew just a few years ago that paid and free online services could threaten cable companies? Internet radio being a better value than a satellite subscription, and more.

Here I'll explain the alternatives that can help you walk away from the biggest corded companies that we love to hate. You can pick and choose which are still worth keeping and which to toss. Are you being pressured into buying a service provider's "triple play"? Try three strikes and you're out.

Pay for TV and Movies Instead of Cable Service

The cable--and satellite--TV model is on life support. Who wants to pay $100 or more a month for an endless well of unwatched shows? Even if you have an appetite for premium-channel shows, you can save money by buying some à la carte and watching others free online.

Paid, per-show TV sources are all around you. Apple iTunes, Amazon VOD, Zune Marketplace, Blockbuster On Demand, and Jaman store thousands of shows and movies.

All offer various purchase and rental options, often $3 to $4 to rent a movie for a day. Expect to drop about $30 to $40 per season of scripted, premium-channel TV (HBO, Showtime, and such), or, often, about $10 less for network shows.

That sounds pricy at first, and it often costs more than buying a physical disc. But total up four or five of those seasons and a handful of movies, and you could pay half as much as cable over the same time period.

If you want to watch video on a portable device, stick with iTunes for iPod and iPhone compatibility; or Zune Marketplace for Zune support. Unfortunately, the other stores don't offer portable media player support. If you have an AppleTV or an Xbox 360, you can at least watch your shows in the living room.

Netflix is a good base service for any cable TV-free home. The cheapest subscription for the DVD-by-mail service is $8.99 each month, but much of the value comes in the thousands of shows and movies you can stream from Netflix to your PC. Plus, Netflix can stream to a TiVo, Xbox 360, PS3, dedicated Roku device, and other hardware, so you can watch in the living room without a media center PC.

Similar streaming services like Amazon, Blockbuster, Jaman, and others can play on much of the same hardware. Check your TV-connected hardware against these services' support pages.

I've also got my eye on the upcoming Boxee Box and Sezmi service; both will offer hardware that plays Internet-streamed video on a TV. Sezmi, which will be rolling out nationwide this year, even promises local shows and live sports, one of the biggest deficits in online libraries.

Next: Free TV, Movies, Phone Service, and more

Get Free TV And Movies

Hulu is still my king of free TV sites, although it's uncertain if it will--or won't--change to a paid model. And I've been occasionally frustrated when show episodes or seasons disappear just before I try to watch. But the majority of recent network shows are available. Plus, you'll find movie and TV favorites alongside B-level misses.

As I write this, you can watch "Spartacus" and "All the King's Men" alongside the Norm MacDonald vehicle, "Dirty Work."

Check Hulu first, but also scan other sites for free TV and movies. Crackle, Comcast Fancast, and even YouTube have movies and TV content. If you you're looking for a specific show that you still can't find online, visit its Web site or its network site directly.

Live sports can still be elusive. Check the network that's broadcasting the content for a stream; I saw a Monday Night Football game this way last fall. MLB.com hosts live baseball, but you'll have to pay for service. Justin.tv could be your best ace for any sport. While unsanctioned, many users play live streams of their local stations; just click the sports button.

And remember the cheapest, highest-quality TV source of all: an antenna. Over-the-air HD content looks great, often better than video compressed for a cable TV feed. You'll just need a TV with an HD tuner--typical for most sets built in the last several years--or a PC TV tuner.

Various Tv shows from America

Is Internet TV A Step Backwards?

Some people are saying that watching TV streams on a PC screen is a step backwards and why would anyone want to watch TV online?

Having to wait whilst a TV stream loads, watching it on a tiny screen, having to be connected to the net. Why do it? However, in contradiction to this argument, how comes every TV network and large organisation on the planet is pushing video and TV content onto the internet and into our homes?

There are so many websites now that give us the content that would traditionally be found on a television set, full length TV shows and movies complete with commercial breaks.

The big question is though, will this TV streaming on our PCs uproot us from sitting on the couch in front of the television set? There are many people now that have thrown out the TV in favour of watching TV via their computer screen.

The reason for the prolification of websites such as Hulu, Youtube and all of the Television Networks coming online, is because they all know that this is where the future belongs.

Wether you like it or not, the television in your front room is becoming obsolete. Although you may well still have a big screen on the wall, it will be connected to a device such as a PC, cable device, set-top box, games console, TiVo amongst others. And that solitary experience of watching a TV show at 7pm on a Saturday night will be gone forever.

You will now use that big screen to watch TV and movies on demand. At a time of your choosing. You will interact with other fans around the world of 24 or House. Cameron Diaz fans will all chat and make comments while watching her latest movie. Bomb or a hit? You decide.

You will be able to play games and music, program shows, browse Ebay or Facebook. Order a pizza. And that is something you would never associate TV with 5 years ago.

The Networks are all involved and the public interest is high. So why arent we all watching online yet?

There is a bandwidth issue and the slow loading times of some streams have been an issue. But with the leaps and bounds in technology and internet TV development, soon everyone will be literally forced to start watching online.

With the new wave of Internet enabled TV sets and the massive interest and money being poured into the sector, you can bet your life that rather than being a step backwards. It is a redefining moment in our history and something we should all be welcoming.

No More Online Video for You, Unless You’re a Cable Subscriber…

We knew it was always come down to the question of what to do about online video. Although the overwhelming majority of broadband customers still take some sort of video package (or simply don’t care enough about television to get one in the first place), there is a small, but growing number of people who are dispensing with video packages from cable and relying entirely on broadband video services to watch network and cable programming.

Hulu and Joost, along with limited fare from the major American networks, as well as video offerings from the CBC and BBC exclusive to residents of those countries, create the potential for a major problem for cable operators — what happens if people stop buying video packages.


Comedy Central's Video Streaming - Will it be available to non-cable subscribers for long?
Comcast and Time Warner, the nation’s largest cable operators, have plans to put a stop to the erosion in video subscribers before it gets serious — by seeing to it that they don’t get to watch free online video any longer.

Comcast’s On Demand Online and Time Warner’s TV Everywhere services are either in operation or will begin trials later this year. Both seek arrangements with cable programmers (coincidentally many of which they also have an ownership interest in) to create a new authentication system to block non-video subscribers from accessing video content aired on those channels. Cable subscribers who do take a video package will get in for free.

The video programming would still exist on various cable network websites. Comedy Central would still have clips on comedycentral.com and CNN would still have their news clips at cnn.com. But under the cable operators’ proposals, those clips would no longer be available to individuals who cannot prove they have a video subscription.

Currently, some 90% of Time Warner’s broadband customers also take a video package, and Time Warner can easily authenticate those subscribers with a type of “authorization key” which an online video player would seek for permission to play the programming. Time Warner is also contemplating whether live streams of cable channels would also be a good idea. Currently, cable operators routinely insist on prohibiting live streaming of the cable networks they carry.

Of course, the problem will come down to those who subscribe via satellite dish services or a smaller cable operator or telephone company video package. Does this enforcement only occur on Time Warner and Comcast’s own broadband networks, or would it be widespread?

Multichannel News covered the Time Warner TV Everywhere trial:

Time Warner Cable is working with two major programming partners on its “TV Everywhere” initiative to make sure the Internet-video service is easy to use and scalable, said Peter Stern, the operator’s executive vice president and chief strategy officer.

Stern, speaking on a panel here at the Cable Show ‘09, said the MSO is already working closely with two programmers — Turner Broadcasting System and another he did not identify — that will involve authenticating consumers “in a very straightforward way so they can get access to content.”

“To be honest, we’re still working it out in terms of the user experience,” Stern said.

The concept, which is being Comcast and Cox Communications, is to reinforce the cable TV subscription model, by providing that programming to paying customers over their Internet devices.

Stern pointed out that 90% of Time Warner Cable’s broadband customers are already paying for multichannel video.

“Those people are already entitled to watch this programming,” he said. “The big risk we have is, if we don’t offer this programming to them the way they want it, they’ll turn to piracy.”

Alternatively, if that programming is provided to them for free over the Internet, the risk is they’ll cancel their subscription service - with such “cord cutters” obtaining their media online.

Some basic principles Time Warner Cable is following in developing TV Everywhere are that consumers should “have choice in terms of the sites they can have access on,” he said. “That will be dictated by programmers, not the cable operators.”

Stern continued, “Not to say we’ll not have content on the [Time Warner Cable] RoadRunner site, but we’d be kidding ourselves if we thought we were the only site consumers should be able to access.”

Cable operators have always been concerned about “leakage” of valued cable programming to online streaming or piracy. Cable programming currently charge subscription fees to cable operators for carriage on those systems. Some, like C-SPAN or Current, amount to pennies per month per subscriber. But others, particularly for sports programming, Fox News, basic movie channels, and other high-rated channels command enormous fees amounting to several dollars a subscriber per month each, whether the subscriber wants to watch the programming or not. These costs are continually increasing. Fox News, for example, leveraged very strong price increases for its news channel, as well as forcing a number of cable systems to pick up the low rated Fox Business Channel to receive discounts. Viacom also routinely demands cable operators take additional networks they may not want to carry in return for discounts on the networks those operators do want.

It all gets passed on to cable subscribers in the form of rate increases every year. With the increasing number of channels on a cable lineup, when a bunch demand rate increases, rates can spike significantly from year to year. Nearly all have carriage contracts that forbid the cable operator from selling their network(s) on an a-la-carte basis.

With cable video pricing increasing, many subscribers downgrade their subscriptions to save money. If a cable programming is giving away their content online, that creates a greater incentive for viewers to stop paying for video packages, and rely on their Internet connections instead.

Earlier this week, Time Warner CEO Glenn Britt reiterated that although the erosion of video subscribers isn’t a problem today, it could easily become one tomorrow. He cautioned programmers who give their shows away for free online that a day of reckoning may be coming, when a cable operator is no longer willing to pay for networks that give everything away online.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, which owns Fox News, supports the concept, according to Multichannel News:

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said that cable networks have to find a way to monetize the Web, before consumers begin to expect to get their content for free.

“The fact is with free content, people are used to it being free on the Internet,” Murdoch said. “Nobody is making any real money from the Web except search. We have to monetize it.”

The other controversy involves cable operators trying to limit video viewing by imposing usage caps or tiered pricing on consumers, limiting the amount of video they can consume online. At the lower end of the caps proposed by Time Warner, viewing Hulu or Joost programming would be akin to “pay per view,” with fees of 50 cents or more per show in broadband costs, once one’s usage allowance expires.

Dumping The TV Cable Box

I thought I embraced the future of television several years ago when we got our first TiVo. While that event was significant, it's now clear our DVR was only a technological painkiller to make tolerable the broken state of television: scheduled screenings with heavy commercial interruption. But things have come a long way since then.

To demonstrate how far and fast television has come, I turn to my own household. We're a good example because we're neither manic early adopters, nor laggards -- we're somewhere in the middle. We experienced extraordinary change over the past year, and it happened with only modest investment and simple upgrades.

- Our television now is high-definition, 52 inches widescreen, with digital surround sound.
- Verizon's FioS fiber-optic lines have replaced traditional coaxial cable lines into our home, and they connect to a high-definition cable-television receiver.
- Those fiber-optic lines enable much faster Internet connection speeds, making broadband video more meaningful than ever before.
- Sources of online video are getting serious, and high-definition video quality is becoming more prevalent. There's BitTorrent, of course, but also more legal and mainstream sources, including Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.
- Our television system plugs into our cable box, but also a dedicated laptop (with Blu-ray DVD) and several other devices. One awesome device is a Roku, a digital video player that instantly streams high quality movies and network television series from Netflix (and soon from Amazon Video On Demand).
- With a dedicated laptop for our television system, services like Boxee make online video social and optimized for widescreen. This helps us discover the best content, display it properly and filter things we don't want.
Indeed, these technologies prompted significant behavioral shifts and media configuration choices. Here are the big ones in our household:

Firing The Cable Company Becomes A Sport

It used to be that the traditional cable company was the only television content and Internet pipeline into our home. But now there's a better choice, and it's creating downward pressure on prices, and upward pressure on product selection, quality and service. While a duopoly is not ideal, it's much better than a monopoly. And I certainly enjoyed firing our traditional cable company. So did our neighbors.

Decline Of Casual, Commercial-Interrupted Viewing

Casual, commercial-interrupted television viewing is almost gone, unless it's a quick clip on a laptop. There are several reasons: First, today's steroid-injected media systems don't lend themselves to casual viewing. Richer programming, huge vivid pictures and surround sound means that our television room has turned into a theater. Therefore, it becomes difficult to do anything but focus fully on the programming. Similarly, commercial interruptions become more intense and difficult to ignore, which means they become more bothersome.

Second, the paradox of technology is that television systems have gotten overly complex. With numerous devices, configurations and programming sources, it takes more planning, commitment and work to view. That complexity has led my family to be more selective and gravitate toward more meaningful programming with higher expectations and focus.

One Theater Versus Multiple TVs

In our house, we've never had more than one or two televisions. But as televisions evolve into mini theaters, the complexity and cost inherent in a good system makes it impractical to have multiple television configurations. Certainly, there will be more video screens, evident on mobile devices and laptops, used primarily for short-form viewing. But for long-form television viewing, we certainly don't want to downgrade from a theater experience to a lighter, less-satisfying one. Switching back and forth is unpleasant.

Thirst For High-Definition Content Growing
Once you get used to high-definition video, anything less is painful to endure. As a result, we sometimes select programming we'd otherwise disregard -- because it was high-def and the alternative wasn't. We long for the day when all programming will meet a minimum threshold of high-def.

Dumping The Cable Box

Most significant, we're almost ready to dump the cable box, which delivers traditional broadcast channels and network programming. The combination of better broadband, plug-and-play devices (like Roku) and serious online video streaming has made a big dent in our traditional cable-box viewing. Sports and other live events are still tied to cable boxes, and therefore will remain among the few significant incentives to keep traditional cable programming over the next couple years. But I underscore that the only time my family really used our cable box in 2009 was to tune into the Super Bowl. In one year, when our FioS subscriber agreement ends, we plan to cancel cable programming, unless it's a bundled giveaway.

To be sure, television and video content will continue to evolve quickly. Our personal media habits and technology configurations, described above, will outdate quickly. What will be the new television experience? I'm not sure, but I anticipate it will keep getting better. And I hope it simplifies.

How is television changing for you?

The Revolution Will Be Downloaded

For proof that the viewer wants to be in charge, look no further than the Summer Olympics. Not only did the opening ceremony in Beijing have a gigantic DVR audience of 3.25 million viewers, but NBC said 40% of its online viewers used the Web to view events they had first seen on TV. In today's media environment, consumers have come to demand the flexibility of getting online content whenever they want, from TVs and personal computers to iPods and mobile devices. Brand and content owners basically have two options for packaging and delivering online content for viewer consumption. Each option requires different technologies, and each has its own place in the media ecosystem.
The first option is streaming, which fits well with consumers' PC-centric viewing habits. Streaming is ideal for watching instant clips and user-generated content, like YouTube videos, on a computer. With a broadband connection, streaming is capable of delivering smooth playback, and consumers love the immediate, "I can get it now" effect.

While watching Michael Phelps repeat his gold medal wins from the comfort of a living room has inherent value for both consumers and advertisers, the real explosion in online media will take place when content can be consumed anytime, anywhere. This is the "always on" future, and the enormous popularity of the iPhone is a huge step forward in making it a reality. However, today's infrastructure cannot handle the streaming demands of consumers-at least not for portable content. A recent report by Canaccord Adams concluded that AT&T's network is reaching capacity due to heavy data traffic usage from the iPhone such that in some urban areas, consumers are having problems making a simple phone call. So, until infrastructure improves, publishers need to provide alternatives to satisfy consumers' demand for portable content.

This brings us to the second option, downloadable media, which picks up where streaming doesn't deliver. While not as immediate as streaming, downloadable media gives consumers the flexibility and control they've come to expect.

From the DVR to the iPod, viewers prefer downloading their content because it's more convenient. Downloading gives consumers the ability to time-shift and place-shift their programs -- not just short clips -- and watch them on their device of choice, when they want and with no Internet connection required.

This is why downloadable media offers the greatest potential for content owners. The question, as always, is finding a viable business model to support it.

Publishers often assume that downloading is akin to giving away the farm. As they see it, untethered media -- free from the restraints of distribution channels, time and space -- is (maybe) paid for once. A consumer who uses iTunes or LimeWire downloads content and then disappears into the content jungle, never to be seen again. No tracking opportunities, no way to garner additional ad revenue.

But revenue possibilities are actually far richer with downloadable media. Just look at podcasting. Podcasting may not get the attention it used to, but that's only because it's become an everyday activity -- eMarketer estimates that 65 million Americans will be using it as a distribution channel by 2012. Video and audio podcasts are simply RSS-enabled downloads that afford two big advantages: for users, it's an easy way to get fresh content automatically, and for publishers, it offers a built-in syndication platform that reaches audiences across the increasingly fragmented Web and device landscape. Podcast-related advertising opportunities are the next frontier.

New technology is making it possible for publishers and content owners to extend their revenue stream by inserting ads into, say, their podcast programming that are then embedded all the way to the device. Ads are played or refreshed each time the device is synced, until the ad campaign ends and the ad is removed from future downloads. Aside from gaining an additional revenue stream, brand and media owners can receive comprehensive reporting metrics that will allow them to track results and price future ads more appropriately.

With downloading, barriers to participation are low -- even with embedded ads. Consumers have signaled they are agreeable to short ads in return for free premium content, like an MSNBC program.

Podcasting is just the beginning. Once content providers can track and measure direct, untethered downloads, the media industry may finally be able to unlock all of that great content.

FREE SATELLITE TV FOR PC

I have seen the prices of everything go up in the course of a few years and that’s typical but where I live, the price of cable TV is ridiculously high.

I understand that people are in search of the best deal when it comes to cable and satellite providers and the choices are few and far between.

What I discovered recently is that you don’t need Comcast employment in order to get free cable TV. I have discovered free satellite TV for PC.

You get 3,000 channels and zero monthly fee’s.

No contracts and no hidden fee’s ever.

If you’re tired of high cable and satellite prices that can only provide you with a few channels then you can now say good bye to this and say hello to free satellite TV for PC.

It seems that every year the cable and satellite providers increase their rates with no stop in sight. I know that people are tired of this and the monopoly of cable TV. Free satellite TV for PC has been a way for me to break free from this strangle hold.

I love free satellite TV for PC since I can appreciate 3,000 channels with no monthly fee’s ever and no contracts and no special equipment.

I like the fact that it’s less then my cable provider charged me each month to get only a few channel choices. With free satellite TV for PC I have no headaches and deal with no BS.

NO increase in monthly rates
NO required contracts
NO monthly rates
NO monthly bills
NO problems.

When I realized that free satellite TV for PC was available and that you get 3,000 channels that consist of sports, movies and more then I had to have it and I’ve never looked back.

The question that I was asking myself and what most people should ask themselves is why would they pay 90.00 or more a month for cable or satellite TV when they can get it free monthly. It was an obvious choice for me as it’s been for my friends and family. If you feel like you have been taken advantage of by your cable or satellite provider then free satellite TV for PC is the ONLY choice.

My suggestion to everyone and anyone is to get free satellite TV for PC as it’s the only choice for me. What other choice is there?

Should I pay 90.00+ a month for 100 or less channels or pay zero monthly for 3,000 channels. The choice is easy as you would think it would be for most intelligent consumers in this economy.

I hope I spread some light as it pertains to options out there and never again do you have to deal with the rising cable and satellite costs since I found another way and you have also.

Think about it for yourself and say what am I paying and how much am I getting for the money that I’m paying each month? If you’re not getting 3,000 channels and no monthly fee’s and no contracts then this I would surmise can be the only option as it was for me.

Free Satellite TV For PC

Media Living: Boldly Going Where Most Internet Users Have Probably Gone Before

The other day there were THREE baseball games on - one in the afternoon, one in the early evening, and one at night. But because the NFL apparently pays Rogers more money than does the MLB, they weren't broadcasting the first two games on the basic Rogers cable that you can get around here. They were trumped by the football games. This was a royal piss-off for my dad, who LOVES baseball and was really looking forward to watching them. We're not really huge TV people - sports are the #1 reason we even HAVE cable, and are the ONLY reason why we have that one tiny "expanded" package that gives you the 52 channels or whatever.

So TBS is carrying all of the games. And we HAVE TBS. We are technically PAYING for TBS. But whatever feed we get through Rogers wasn't covering it.

This is where the whole "WE ARE THE AUDIENCE, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE" thing comes in, and I get inventive with internet... stuff.

I think I've talked about this before - I'm a relatively timid internet user these days. I visit my few websites. I comment on a few peoples' LiveJournals and Facebook pages and whatnot. But I'm not a forum-goer (well, not until, like, today - more on this later), I don't go out and download a lot of movies or music or anything. I'm kind of conservative these days, I guess. It was really making me mad that dad couldn't watch his games, though, so I decided to see if I could find a live feed online somewhere.

My first thought was that TBS might even PROVIDE a feed on its official website, but they didn't. They had a few shows that could be downloaded, though, so it's nice to see that they're moving in that direction. But this could have been a great opportunity for them: my FIRST THOUGHT (and this would probably hold for lots of other people) was go to the OFFICIAL SOURCE. I would have happily given them my direct viewership, filled out a little form so that they could get demographics on who's watching, whatever. I think there's a lot of opportunity there, and these bigtime media folks had better start cashing in on it.

Anyway, since I couldn't find it that way I did a bit of Googling. Found someone on Yahoo Answers who had voted, kind of suspiciously, that the Yahoo Sports MLB page was the best source. How conveeenient. Of course, this isn't VIDEO streaming, it's just a continually updated play-by-play. Not bad - even a bit better than the service offered on MLB.com. (Speaking of MLB.com, some folks in that same Yahoo Answer thread suggested that they have a video streaming package that you can purchase in order to watch the games, but I don't see anything on the main page - just something about LISTENING to every game. Even if they do, this wouldn't have been very useful for us, since we normally DO get all the games, and definitely will later in the post season. I just wanted to find a way to get that ONE game.)

I was eventually directed to My Peer-to-Peer, where I was able to download a player and look through a variety of streaming sources for the game. Most of them were versions of ESPN in China, and I wasn't able to actually get the game - just a commercial which continually froze and started again. But I found one from the "Brewcrew" that, lo and behold, worked! It was a little slow at first, it had annoying banner ads above and below, and it couldn't be enlarged or made "full-screen" or anthing. But it streamed quite well and had decent video and audio quality. We tuned in JUST in time to catch the most interesting part of the game. The stream even included the commercials, which we basically muted like we always do.

There's also a strong argument here for the old system of broadcasting being pretty significantly out of date. Anything short of the "hundred million channels you don't really want" style of digital cable, this kind of programming conflict is going to happen sometimes. The fact that it was SO EASY for me to get a reliable, live (ish - it was about three minutes behind, by my guess) stream tells me that lots of people must be doing it, too. I am not the most savvy internet user BY FAR, but in about half an hour I had the game at my disposal. We, the empowered audience, obviously ARE doing it.

I have to say, I'm still a little amazed sometimes at how easy it is becoming to get things online. I've downloaded enough movies and music for that experience to be relatively blazé these days. But I wasn't really sure that I'd be able to get live streaming sports - this was an entirely new experience. I was giddy with the enormity of the thing that I had done for the rest of the evening. Yeah, this is probably nothing new for lots of people. What can I say, it was fun to feel all daring and cutting-edge technological for a little while. And I was happy to be able to do something nice for my dad, who generally hates computers and avoids them fervently.

I might make a separate post to talk about this at some point, but for now I'll just note that I'm trying to become a bit more "forum-y" this year during National Novel Writing Month. I used to be more active in the past, but in the past few years I've drifted away from it (again with the "timid internet user" stuff.)

Of course, short of spending hours upon hours online, I'm guessing (and tapping into my years-old past experience, as well) that most people tend to hone in on a few channels. This is likely what I'm going to do.