Online TV May Be IPTV's First Step

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 15, 2005 @06:26AM from the baby-steps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to the San Diego Union Tribune Time Warner Cable is letting its customers in San Diego watch live television over their hi-speed internet PCs via 'Online TV'. Time Warner's Broadband TV service (no cost above the min system requirement of cable and hi-speed modem) offers the identical '80 channels that are available with its standard cable TV service.' According to Judy Walsh, Time Warner's San Diego division president, 'It's basically like having another outlet for watching TV. It's TV on your PC. It's that simple.' Is this really the first step towards full-fledged IPTV or is this a service for dad's who can't wrestle the remote control from their kids?"

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And hows this any different.. by JFlex · 2005-07-15 06:29 · Score: 0, Offtopic

..from the many stations of streaming pr0n I already get? I mean, thats all we really want isnt it?
Re:This sounded interesting until... by specialbrad · 2005-07-15 06:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Goddamnit I wanted to be modded funny, not you :(

Joke theiving bandit...
obligatory anchorman quote by 0110011001110101 · 2005-07-15 06:36 · Score: 1, Offtopic

San DiAgo... its spanish, for Whales Vagina.
No I think it means Saint Diego.

Whales Vagina!

Saint Diego!

Agree to disagree...

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