[mythtv-users] (US) Goodbye to unencrypted QAM...

[Francesco Peeters]

jason maxwell wrote:
> The quality content is already shifting towards internet sources, and
> traditional cable providers are not keeping up.  It's obvious that
> they, like the record companies, are slow to adopt innovative business
> models.  They get a decision like this, and think they've actually won
> a round, when in reality, they are hastening their fall.  If they
> don't make their product fulfill the needs of the customer, they will
> lose.  They are already hemorrhaging, and rather than offering a
> better value, they're installing roadblocks.  
>
> They say that you get what you pay for.  With cable TV, I feel you get
> much less.  Good bye and good riddance. I can't envision a day when I
> will again pay for TV.  I've seen what content is available, and what
> the alternatives are, and the choice is clear to me.  Perhaps I'm in
> the minority, but I feel that changing in the near future.
> -Jason
In Europe the broadcasters are actually moving forward:
http://www.iptv-news.com/iptv_news/august_09_2/hybrid_broadcast_broadband_tv_initiative_launched

--FP