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iPad Just Another TV Set?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the screens-are-screens dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An iPad is just another TV set, and can be viewed just like an extra outlet. These are the words Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has thrown toward content providers as demand for consumer viewing keeps shifting to more available sources like Roku, Apple TV, and the iPad, over providers like Netflix, and Hulu, and now Cable TV. Programmers are throwing down the gauntlet as more devices are able to stream video from a variety of providers."

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  1. They don't get it by zule666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I moved last fall and decided to try going without cable or satellite. Between Hulu and Netflix I really haven't missed cable other then the occasional sporting event. When are content providers going to get it? I don't want to pay for 110 channels I never watch.

    1. Re:They don't get it by Shikaku · · Score: 5, Insightful

      To a pull system from a push content system. A push system is defined as something like television, where everything is pushed with a schedule at timed intervals. A pull content gives you a choice, instead of waiting and being forced to stay for a show.

      For example, even on legal sites, you choose when and what to watch, availability withstanding.

      DVR is a stopgap in that direction. Netflix, Hulu and Youtube are currently going in the right direction.