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the only observation i have made, on sports
why then, is NFLnet NOT made avail in one of the Uchoose, options? surely the cost is NOT prime since its made avail on the Premium package...
that is only one that comes to mind? but what bugged me the most about the incumbents is/was the way in which they price out those premiums either alacarte or in Vm's case, "uchoose", ..if one looks at the way its all laid out its almost like, trickery - seriously?
the uchoose 12...NO one really cares that much for the POOR selection...im NOT suggesting THAT was why i signed up with Vmedia ( i had no choice living where i relocated i could NOT point my birds to the southern skies BUT...i ONLY looked at their entry pricing and decided to try IPTV (no way i was going to give in to robbers)..but i gotta admit i came this close ( i likes my TV)... so thankful something went wrong during the process which caused me to make an about turn ( i digress)
so, realized "after" i joined up with Vm they were NO different than incumbents on the trickery (the way they are offered/priced out the premiums) they KNOW full well how to lay it all out to cause enough confusion to the avg consummer...THAT to me is a deal breaker..I WILL NOT give in to those tactics..so i rely on other means to watch stuff not to mention i had recorded like over 3,000 hrs of content b4 relocating so i could go 2 yrs on that alone...but yes, like a mod said, few posts ago, VOD or even UHD (Ultra HD Video) is something might be more the future..
so, IF IPTV was supposed to come to market targeting the lower budget consumer? then it looks like THAT might have failed..let alone not much HD channels, from what i saw
now, as for sports, i tend to disagree with previous post...one does NOT have to look too far for LIVE free streaming these days..all my NFL had NO issues, i like PGA, Hockey and MLB and Nascar, Open wheel racing..most of which i could find, free streaming, yes granted there are some (shared streams) who charge, BUT they are NOT cheap UNLESS one really must have it in HD only...
sometimes i prefer to listen/stream to sports on internet radio, xm, nhl .com game center and such
off topic a little
but interesting tidbit for some of you
. as it relates the HIGH cost of TV content in Canada, i recall, another company, FreeHD aka BluskyHDTV were awarded their license late 09 early 2010 by the CRTC and have YET to launch (failed like 2-3 dates over time) ...well, anyways, THEY started by promising (in their application to the board) that they would offer the consumer (in responses to the digital switch) all locals in HD (720 p/1080i) for FREE providing you bought their set top box and small dish and they would offer premiums at much more reasonable pricing than that of the incumbents
...here's the fun part...couple yrs later (after they did the name change) in well worded paragraph (to mislead the consumer) they were pulling back from THAT promise and started circulating a asinine survey on their home site - meaning the FREE locals were'nt in the offering any longer - this was AFTER they were awarded their 5 yr license BUT they may well have had their hands tied by bdu's g perhaps or realized the cost would NOT be worth the start up??, who knows, games
long story short, IF they DO eventually launch (many are skeptical) i know the incumbents did NOT want them around (strongly objected to the application) it will be interesting to see what their pricing structure will be...the incumbents will NOT only have independent IPTV to contend with cuz IF everything by Blusky will be in HD and at a reasonable price point?? look out..anyways, Canadian consumers are/have been fed up with the pricing of TV content for years, be it cable or Sat companies..most of it is junk these days, anyways, what with programs being rerun on different channels its all so funny all these channels charging for the content they provide to Canadians and then the US feeds, most of whats on there (worth watching) is avail on Canadian major stations..its all games...i wonder if the U.S provides Canadian channels to their consumers? could be wrong but doubt it...is it any wonder there has been a lot of pirates in Canada of US? shhh lol
so there you have "the rest of the story" im NOT paying as much attention a s closely as i was with where i reside now but it does appear they are making gains towards another launch date with license extended to 2017
why then, is NFLnet NOT made avail in one of the Uchoose, options? surely the cost is NOT prime since its made avail on the Premium package...
that is only one that comes to mind? but what bugged me the most about the incumbents is/was the way in which they price out those premiums either alacarte or in Vm's case, "uchoose", ..if one looks at the way its all laid out its almost like, trickery - seriously?
the uchoose 12...NO one really cares that much for the POOR selection...im NOT suggesting THAT was why i signed up with Vmedia ( i had no choice living where i relocated i could NOT point my birds to the southern skies BUT...i ONLY looked at their entry pricing and decided to try IPTV (no way i was going to give in to robbers)..but i gotta admit i came this close ( i likes my TV)... so thankful something went wrong during the process which caused me to make an about turn ( i digress)
so, realized "after" i joined up with Vm they were NO different than incumbents on the trickery (the way they are offered/priced out the premiums) they KNOW full well how to lay it all out to cause enough confusion to the avg consummer...THAT to me is a deal breaker..I WILL NOT give in to those tactics..so i rely on other means to watch stuff not to mention i had recorded like over 3,000 hrs of content b4 relocating so i could go 2 yrs on that alone...but yes, like a mod said, few posts ago, VOD or even UHD (Ultra HD Video) is something might be more the future..
so, IF IPTV was supposed to come to market targeting the lower budget consumer? then it looks like THAT might have failed..let alone not much HD channels, from what i saw
now, as for sports, i tend to disagree with previous post...one does NOT have to look too far for LIVE free streaming these days..all my NFL had NO issues, i like PGA, Hockey and MLB and Nascar, Open wheel racing..most of which i could find, free streaming, yes granted there are some (shared streams) who charge, BUT they are NOT cheap UNLESS one really must have it in HD only...
sometimes i prefer to listen/stream to sports on internet radio, xm, nhl .com game center and such
off topic a little
but interesting tidbit for some of you
. as it relates the HIGH cost of TV content in Canada, i recall, another company, FreeHD aka BluskyHDTV were awarded their license late 09 early 2010 by the CRTC and have YET to launch (failed like 2-3 dates over time) ...well, anyways, THEY started by promising (in their application to the board) that they would offer the consumer (in responses to the digital switch) all locals in HD (720 p/1080i) for FREE providing you bought their set top box and small dish and they would offer premiums at much more reasonable pricing than that of the incumbents
...here's the fun part...couple yrs later (after they did the name change) in well worded paragraph (to mislead the consumer) they were pulling back from THAT promise and started circulating a asinine survey on their home site - meaning the FREE locals were'nt in the offering any longer - this was AFTER they were awarded their 5 yr license BUT they may well have had their hands tied by bdu's g perhaps or realized the cost would NOT be worth the start up??, who knows, games
long story short, IF they DO eventually launch (many are skeptical) i know the incumbents did NOT want them around (strongly objected to the application) it will be interesting to see what their pricing structure will be...the incumbents will NOT only have independent IPTV to contend with cuz IF everything by Blusky will be in HD and at a reasonable price point?? look out..anyways, Canadian consumers are/have been fed up with the pricing of TV content for years, be it cable or Sat companies..most of it is junk these days, anyways, what with programs being rerun on different channels its all so funny all these channels charging for the content they provide to Canadians and then the US feeds, most of whats on there (worth watching) is avail on Canadian major stations..its all games...i wonder if the U.S provides Canadian channels to their consumers? could be wrong but doubt it...is it any wonder there has been a lot of pirates in Canada of US? shhh lol
so there you have "the rest of the story" im NOT paying as much attention a s closely as i was with where i reside now but it does appear they are making gains towards another launch date with license extended to 2017
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