Intel's Attempt At A-La-Carte Television Hits Delays

bill_mcgonigle writes "Updating the previous story, Forbes and Gigaom are now reporting that Intel is running an internal startup aimed at offering an internet-connected set top box with a-la-carte 'cable' channel subscriptions. They also apparently plan to record everything and offer all content on-demand. While some are skeptical that content providers will give up their cable cash cow and they've run into licensing problems already, perhaps the economic effects of cord-cutters will finally make this business model viable."

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Re:yep

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Sickbeard is the "DVR" app that cable companies should have released. I would have even paid for it. Web accessable. I log in. I type in a show. Say I want it. Tada. Shows magically appear on my hard drive.

I can put them on my phone, my tablet my laptop. XBMC indexes them they're available on my TV and projector.

Re:Just give up pay TV content

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I worked at a sports bar bartending, but I also set up their audio/video and computer systems. The price is based upon maximum occupancy.