What’s Up with Streaming? Richard Steinfeldt
No need to take notes. Last slide will be URL to a pdf of the entire presentation. In the Beginning… 1. CATV 2. Satellite TV And Now…”Streaming TV”
• What about an antenna? • What is it? • Why do it? • What do I need? What about an antenna?
• 90 miles to Orlando, 40 miles to Gainesville.
• HOA restrictions
• No OTA (over the air) transmission for “cable channels.” What is it? TV programming from your internet connection. Why do it?
• You will most likely save money.
• No contracts/free trials.
• Flexibility. What I had with DirecTV
• 4 TVs (living room, bedroom, guest room, library) $46/ month to rent DVR and equipment to link other 3 TV.
• Programming package. 200 channels (incl. Orlando locals). $90/month
• HBO ($18/month), Showtime ($15/month). • Sunday Ticket Max. $375/year. • Protection package, $7.95/month • Various taxes, $20/month Streaming
• YouTubeTV, $64.95/month.
• HBO ($14.99/month) and Showtime ($8.99/month) with my Amazon Prime video (incl with Amazon Prime).
• Sling TV “Blue” package ($25/month) plus their “Sports pkg” ($10/month) for 6 months to get “Redzone” channel.
• That’s $106.43/month. A savings of $1483/year. What do I need?
• Internet service.
• Programming provider.
• Smart TV or device to move programs from the internet to your TV. Internet Service
• Ordinary browsing, email, etc. (3 Mbps)
• Stream HD TV (5 Mbps each stream)
• Stream UHD 4k TV (25 Mbps each stream)
• Paying for more bandwidth won’t improve streaming. Programming Providers (cable/satellite replacement) • AT&T TV • AT&T TV NOW • YouTubeTV • Hulu + Live TV • Sling TV • Fubo TV • Philo Programming Providers (Additional On-Demand)
• Netflix
• Prime Video
• Starz
• Hulu
• Peacock
• Disney+ AT&T TV
• Set-top box (easy self-install) instead of an app. ($19.95 activation fee). Additional fee for additional units.
• Requires 24-month contract ($19.95/month early termination fee). • 5 program pkgs ($59.99-$79.99) • Pkg prices increase in 2nd year ($93-$135/month) • Prices exclude regional sports fee of up to $8.49/month • No free trial • 500 hours DVR (90 days) • Single profile/3 streams AT&T TV NOW
• Formerly DIRECTV NOW
• 6 packages ($55/80/93/110/124/135/month)
• No box required. App works with major devices.
• 7 day free trial. No contract or early termination fee.
• 500 hour/90-day DVR.
• 3 streams YouTubeTV
• $64.99/month (85 channels incl ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC from Orlando. PBS from Gainesville.)
• Owned by Google. 14-day free trial. Streaming quality 1080p. • No extra charges for DVR, activation, deactivation, sports. • 3 streams, 6 profiles • Unlimited DVR (shows retained for at least 9 months) • Premiums available (HBO Max, Showtime, Stars, Cinemax, Curiosity Stream, Epic, AMC Premier, etc.) NOT on YTTV
A&E American Heroes AXS TV Baby TV BeIN Sports Blaze TV Bloomberg TV Boomerang Campus Insider CNN Intl Cooking Channel Cowboy Channel Destination America Discovery Life DIY ESPN Bases Loaded ESPN Deportes ESPN Goal Line Euronews Fla Ma France 24 Free Speech Fuse Fusion FYI Galavision GSN Hallmark Drama & Movies HDNet Movies History Lifetime Lifetime Movies Logo MTV2 NDTV News18 Newsmax NFL Network NHL Network Nick Jr. Nicktoons Outdoor Channel Outside TV Pac-12 Revolt RFDTV Ride TV RT Network Science Channel Sportsman Stadium TeenNick Unimas UP Family Vibrant Viceland Weathernation Hulu with live TV
• 2 parts: Hulu (on demand library) and live TV (cable chan.)
• Hulu owned by Disney.
• Hulu ($5.99/month with ads, $9.99/month with no ads.)
• Hulu + live TV ($54.99 w/ads, $$60.99 w/o ads)
• 50 hours DVR (30 days). 200 hours for $9.99/month.
• 6 profiles/2 streams (unlimited streams $9.99/month)
• Ad free plan allows downloading for offline play on phone or tablet.
NOT on Hulu + Live TV
AMC AXS TV Baby TV BBC America BBC World News BeIN Sports BET Blaze TV Campus Insider CMT Comedy Central Comet Cooking Channel Cowboy Channel Cozi TV DIY Duck TV EPIX EPIX Drive-in EPIX Hits EPIX2 ESPN Bases Loaded ESPN Deportes ESPN Goal Line Euronews Fla Ma France 24 Free Speech Fuse Fusion Galavision GSN Hallmark Drama & Movies HDNet Movies IFC Local Now Logo MLB Network MTV MTV2 NBA TV NDTV NESN News 18 Newsmax Newsy NFL Network NHL Network Nick Jr. Nicktoons Outdoor Channel Outside TV Pac-12 Paramount Revolt RFDTV Ride TV RT Network Sportsman Start TV Stadium Sundance TV Tastemade TeenNick Tennis Channel TV Land Units Universo UP Family VH1 Vibrant WE tv Weathernation PBS Sling TV Sling TV
DVR: 10 hours included, 50 hours for extra $5/month NOT on SLING TV (in either Blue or Orange pkg.
ABC Animal Planet Big Ten Network CBS CBS Sports Net CNBC World CNN International Cozi TV CW Discovery Discovery Life FOX Business FOX News Channel (Orange) FOX Regional Sports Network FXM NESN NFL Network (negotiations ongoing) Pop Smithsonian SNY Sprout Start TV Tastemade Tennis Channel Universo Unimas UP Family PBS Philo TV
Fubo TV Currently no ABC local Most live channels stream 720p
Frndly TV Moving Programming from Internet to TV Roku WARNING: There are NO setup or monthly fees!
Smart TV
• Able to sign onto your WiFi network.
• Built-in apps for Netflix, etc.
• App “store” to download other apps to the TV. Programming Providers (freebies) Pluto TV (pluto.tv)
• FREE - owned by Viacom
• 100+ channels plus movies, old TV shows, etc. Peacock (NBC) peacocktv.com
• Two-Thirds of library available for free.
• Full library $4.99/month (with ads), $9.99 w/o ads.
• Currently NOT available through Roku or Amazon Fire. Comet comet.com
• Dedicated to science fiction
• Roku or Apple TV Court TV court.com
• Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV
• Real-life trials and crime drama. Crackle crackle.com
• Free from SONY
• TV shows (“All in the Family”), movies, original content IMDb TV imdb.com/tv
• Movies Popcornflix popcornflix.com
• Owned by motion picture distributer, Screen Media Ventures
• Full-length movies/documentaries Redbox Free Live TV www.redbox.com/what-is-free-live-tv
• 30 channels of movies & TV plus 3 channels of exclusive content. Sling Free www.sling.com/deals/sling-free
• In place of a free trial
• Sling Blue pkg free from 5 PM until midnight for limited time during the pandemic. Vudu vudu.com
• Rental channel owned by Walmart.
• Movie rentals $3.99-$5.99
• Some movies & TV shows are FREE Xumo corp.xumo.com
• On-demand access to 180 TV channels. Tubi tubitv.com
• 20,000 movies & TV shows from “nearly every major Hollywood studio.” www.steinfeldt.com/omug820.pdf