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Over 100 PBS local stations start streaming on YouTube TV

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Post by bearcherian »

pkamb wrote: post #82

Two Apple TV apps I have recently discovered and love using: Pluto.tv: replicate the cable guide experience. Endless episodes of things like This Old House, MST3k, and vintage game shows. I much prefer Pluto content to modern HGTV-type cable shows, and it scratches the same itch of "just watch whatever's on". - https://pluto.tv/ Kanopy: use your library card or university ID to stream indie movies and documentaries.…

Samsung has TV Plus which is included with all Samsung smart TVs and includes some Pluto channels as well as other channels, which just scheduled internet video content. Something I just discovered recently. I like it because I want some background noise, and don't want to spend 10 minutes deciding on what content to watch.

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Post by cable2600 »

reaperducer wrote: post #6
larnmar wrote: post #2

Can anyone explain why PBS television stations are local rather than nationwide? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a local program on one, but they seem to have a huge extra layer of bureaucracy in order to broadcast the same programs in a hundred different locations.

Can anyone explain why PBS television stations are local rather than nationwide? The stations are locally-owned. Usually by a college, school district, or local government entity. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a local program on one Almost all PBS stations have local programming, even in small markets. Some of them award-winning programs. And a lot of the "national" shows are actually productions of local stations.…

Also Doctor Who, Blake's Seven, and Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, as well as Red Dwarf.

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Post by throwaway1777 »

judge2020 wrote: post #105
cgy1 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As far as I am aware, having Viacom channels is the exception rather than the rule for streaming cable providers. Along with Youtube TV, Hulu TV, Playstation Vue, and Fubo TV also do not carry Viacom channels.

Yep, the only carrier is AT&T TV which only comes from AT&T's negotiating weight with U-Verse and DirecTV.

Sling also has Viacom.

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Post by electriclove »

droithomme wrote: post #36

So, it's part of tv.youtube.com, which costs $49.99 per month plus tax?

Not sure why you are getting downvoted. PBS has always been free to watch over the air. The article talks about how great it is to have PBS available for streaming on Youtube TV. But it doesn't mention YouTube TV is a subscription only service starting at $50/month. This is similar to a cable provider offering 100+ PBS channels to its $50/month subscription. Call me cheap, but I don't want to pay $50/month to be able to stream PBS.

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Post by electriclove »

hooande wrote: post #63

90% of what I watch on tv is PBS. I could see myself switching to YouTube TV just for this. Granted PBS is over the air for free and all of their shows are online for $5/mo. but I like my local station's lineup selections, etc

Would you pay $50/month of it? That's how much YouTube TV costs and it seems like that is the only way to get these 100+ PBS channels. It does come with a lot of other channels.

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Post by rangibaby »

40four wrote: post #107
Spellman wrote: post #58

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For a reference essay on the shift from Big Bird to Elmo: https://kotaku.com/how-elmo-ruined-sesame-street-1746504585 Major thesis: "It started in small ways. A lot of stories used to be based around Big Bird, who was psychologically characterized as a six-year-old. And in a lot of ways, this was ideal—six years old was on the older end of Sesame Street’s age demographic, and Big Bird served as both a role model and…

I grew up watching Big Bird as the lead character, and I think this analysis is spot on. I don’t have kids of my own yet, so I’m out of touch with how the show is being run these days, but if Elmo is the lead now, this definitely sounds like a step back in quality level. I guess it makes sense from a business perspective for the creators. I’m sure it helps the bottom line. Kids go nuts for Elmo. Regardless, it makes…

> I don’t have kids of my own yet, so I’m out of touch with how the show is being run these days, but if Elmo is the lead now, this definitely sounds like a step back in quality level.

There's a torrent of ancient Sesame Street episodes out there, I used to show them to my kid

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Post by sgt »

mc3 wrote: post #110
aidenn0 wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FWIW VPN is insufficient for youtube.tv; in addition to geo-ip it requires your browser to report a location. IIRC there's a firefox addon that can report an arbitrary location. IANAL, but it seems to me intentionally instructing your browser to report a false location in order to get access to services you would otherwise be denied would count as wire-fraud.

What about if you RDP into a machine (physical or cloud) located in the US?

Can you do 30fps video over RDP? Sounds questionable.
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