laughingsquid:
HBO Is Considering Partnering with ISPs to Bundle HBO GO With Internet Service
Um, YES.
Seriously though, $10-15/month looks a lot more reasonable when it’s not added on top of tv package that’s already $40-50 too expensive for the 5 channels you actually watch.
Now if the NHL could just get over it’s draconian blackout policies I can FINALLY have TV the way I want it.
PS - in case there are any NHL officials reading this; I would pay you $300 a season, directly to the NHL, to be able to stream games; but not being able to see my Hurricanes because I live in Raleigh is a complete deal breaker. Cut out the middle man, or just do it like Toronto. I’m banging on your door with cash in hand!
In the past you were what you owned. Now you are what you share.
Always interesting to see the blending of old and new media, although in this case, it seems to make perfect sense.
stoweboyd:
parislemon:
One of the things I’ve always hated about ads on the web is just how little attention is paid to the way they actually look. Instead, ads are shoved in any and all available white space. This makes both the ads and the content look like shit.
Flipboard will take a different approach. Ads will only be full-screen, and will reside in between stories, like a traditional magazine.
Will that work? I don’t know, but I certainly appreciate Flipboard’s firm stance to keep the reading experience as pleasant and as beautiful as possible.
It’s at least better than some alternatives, like making ads look like stories.
The cable and telecom companies are trying to pull a fast one on North Carolina. According to Save NC Broadband, House Bill 129 and Senate Bill 87 would “outlaw municipal broadband and protect communication monopolies.”
North Carolina has some of the nation’s worst broadband service, but communities using municipal broadband networks get access at speeds that are higher than those provided by the traditional telecom outfits. The proposal is bad for consumers, and bad for business — unless you’re one of those telecom monopolies. A coalition of tech businesses tears apart this noxious legislation:
It will thwart public broadband initiatives, stifle economic growth, prevent the creation or retention of thousands of jobs, and diminish quality of life in North Carolina. In particular, it will hurt the private sector by undermining public-private partnerships, hamstringing our ability to sell our goods and services, interfering with workforce development, and stifling creativity and
innovation.
The legislation is up for a vote this week: Will you urge your lawmakers to oppose it? Just click through and fill out the form at right and demandprogress.org will email them this note in your name.
Brain dripping out of ears
