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Mossberg: Streaming TV Is Too Much Like Cable TV

  • Re/code, Wednesday, January 11, 2017 9:38 AM
Walt Mossberg opines that services like Sling TV and DirecTV Now (not to mention Playstation Vue, which he doesn't mention) are just warmed over skinny versions of cable and who needs that?  He writes that  "even if you want to think of them as cheap cable/satellite replacements, and you’re fine with that (unlike me), they can’t guarantee you’ll get your local TV channels and all the broadcast networks they offer. For instance, it might depend on whether a network owns your local affiliate, which isn’t true in most cases, and hard to figure out ahead of time in almost every case."

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  1. Dan C. from MS Entertainment, January 11, 2017 at 2:37 p.m.

    The local TV and broadcast programming argument is moot.  That's why we have terrestrial antennae's that are paper thin hooked up to the back of the TV - to guarantee an even better HD reception and sound quality vs. what we get from cable.  It just illustrates that these guys still don't understand the mindset and resroucefulness of cord cutters.

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