Bummer: Microsoft's TV Subscription Plan On Hold

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Microsoft has reportedly bailed out of live TV streaming negotiations after networks and studios informed it of their high licensing fees. Exit, stage left.

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[classzero]

How many people have had it with Hollywood and TV providers? I have cut the cord for more than a year and don't miss it. Jersey Shore, this is what I am to pay money for?

 

[dark_lord69]

I'd do anything to dump my overpriced cable service.

 

[jerrspud]

"integrated Kindle support. "
You mean Kinect?

 

[memadmax]

So, what about Apple TV?
This sounds like something that will make that expensive as well...

 

[memadmax]

[citation][nom]Classzero[/nom]How many people have had it with Hollywood and TV providers? I have cut the cord for more than a year and don't miss it. Jersey Shore, this is what I am to pay money for?[/citation]

No kiddin.
There hasn't been a exceptional movie(the kind that you want to watch over and over) for many years as well either...

 

[kenwheeler77]

[citation][nom]dark_lord69[/nom]I'd do anything to dump my overpriced cable service.[/citation]

Would you install an antenna on your roof? I dumped cable ($70/month), bought an antenna, plugged it into my computer (wa-la DVR), and stream what I can't DVR off of the 20+ over the air channels that I now get for free. Over a year now and we really don't miss what we can't DVR or stream

 

[cyprod]

Sorry, but little comments bother me. iTV does not exist as a product from Apple, and I hope it never will. iTV is a broadcast channel in the UK, as it has been since the mid 1960s, and I hope they have the spine to keep their brand name in the face of some ass hat companies obsession with naming everything iXXX.

 

[jonny_76]

[citation][nom]Classzero[/nom]How many people have had it with Hollywood and TV providers? I have cut the cord for more than a year and don't miss it. Jersey Shore, this is what I am to pay money for?[/citation]

I have not had cable for many years and installed an antenna on my roof. Sure I miss a few of the good cable only programs. But when I had cable I was willing to watch most anything, just because it was available and my sofa was so comfortable. Now, I watch far less junk TV.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]memadmax[/nom]No kiddin.There hasn't been a exceptional movie(the kind that you want to watch over and over) for many years as well either...[/citation]

thats personal taste, if we go last 5 years, there are more than a few i would watch again.

 

[livebriand]

Well, there's always bittorrent.

 

[freggo]

People watch in "awe" the superstars on the red carpet. But let's face it, in the end YOU and I are paying for Charly Sheen's and other's exploits via horrendous cable bills and movie ticket prices.
For me a roof top antenna is sufficient to watch a few reruns of the Simpsons or whatever brain candy I am in the mood for before going to bed.
Fudge the cable companies and Hollywood :-(