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arkarian

2012-05-10 10:02:17 pm

red chamber dream

yeah it's basic cable, but the thing is that there's some huge shows on basic cable now too

DJGrenola

2012-05-10 10:02:21 pm

I must say I don't think I'd heard of TNT whereas I know fox and CNN and so on

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:02:32 pm

red chamber dream

like mad men, walking dead

arkarian

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arkarian: 2012-05-10 10:03:21 pm

2012-05-10 10:03:06 pm

red chamber dream

so those are the ones that get all the coverage

yeah fox and nbc and the like are network channels so anything on there will get tons of media coverage too

Poision Envy

2012-05-10 10:03:28 pm

Club 27 Goals

man netflix is totally the future

Poision Envy

2012-05-10 10:03:49 pm

Club 27 Goals

like maybe not specifically their service, but just that setup

DJGrenola

2012-05-10 10:03:56 pm

I still really dislike the idea that you don't own content any more

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:04:03 pm

red chamber dream

yep, but i think it's going to take awhile still

the networks are hanging on like there's no tomorrow ... because for them there's not

Poision Envy

2012-05-10 10:04:24 pm

Club 27 Goals

you know what would be really sweet? if hollywood would just make a steam version for movies.

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:04:24 pm

red chamber dream

grenola i don't think that's true really

Poision Envy

2012-05-10 10:04:34 pm

Club 27 Goals

you buy it, it's added to your digital library, etc

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:06:11 pm

red chamber dream

for me sometimes that's exactly what i want though, really depends on the series

like mad men is the sort of thing i want on bluray, but i watched all of the last airbender on amazon instant video which was great

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:07:07 pm

red chamber dream

what's starting to happen now is content providers like hbo want to break away from cable providers but can't atm

Poision Envy

2012-05-10 10:07:52 pm

Club 27 Goals

oh haha my mom deactivated my phone. I thought it was just acting up. made it a total bitch meeting up with my friends earlier, but oh well.

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:08:08 pm

red chamber dream

like right now if you want hbo, you have to have a cable package

they have their streaming service, but it's not something you can buy just on its own, so it's kind of lame

DJGrenola

2012-05-10 10:08:34 pm

yeah I see what you're saying, I guess anything like that that empowers content producers is kind of good

DJGrenola

2012-05-10 10:08:47 pm

although ultimately you're likely just exchanging one fat cat for another

arkarian

2012-05-10 10:08:49 pm

red chamber dream

once all the content providers just decide to dump the networks, things are going to be much better

it may be apple actually who does it, just like they did with music