[mythtv-users] Time Warner Junking STB's

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Fri Nov 22 04:26:36 UTC 2013


On 11/21/13 9:01 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 4:54 AM, Gary Buhrmaster
> <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Greg <gregl at nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>>> I read this article last Sept. and the recent thread on Cableco's and Qam
>>> reminded me of it....
>>>
>>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57602532-93/time-warner-cable-will-let-you-junk-your-set-top-box-next-year/
>>>
>>> I can't believe they will do it,but maybe....
>> TWC is not alone (behind some, ahead of others)
>> in providing apps to provide content that you are
>> subscribing to on devices you want to view it on.
>> Netflix is arguably the existing leader in the space,
>> although the available content is, of course, different.
>> All that content, of course, comes with various
>> forms of DRM.  For the home gateway (which
>> many MSOs are promoting; any of your content,
>> on any of your screens), using DOCSIS 3.1 to
>> stream up to 10Gb/s to your home for that content,
>> and using DLNA (DTCP-IP) to deliver it to any
>> screen/device, and while you are away, apps
>> on your device which use your credentials to
>> let you view the content using your devices
>> protected content path.
>>
>> Be wary of what you hope to see, for it will
>> come encumbered with DRM.
> Not to mention the reporting back to mothership
> http://doctorbeet.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-usb-filenames-and.html
> _______________________________________________
>
In other words, DNS black hole lgappstv.com, yumenetworks.com,
smartclip.net, smartclip.com and call it a day.
Or block them in the router.
I'd DNS black hole them, since I run my own DNS server.
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