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I was specifically looking for something for streaming say from a PC or attached hard drive than any online service , it was just some of the reviews i was reading about abdroid boxes talking about lag and not being stable or some chinese knock off.

sort of looking for a work horse that does a bit of everything but reliable and snappy to use

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For local network streaming a Raspberry Pi3 with kodi or Plex may be an inexpensive place to start. £40- £50 should get you up and running assuming you need to get a micro sd card, HDMI cable and a power source.

Alternatively you could get a now tv box and side load plex.

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You can add Kodi to an Amazon FTV. I use it for streaming my personal ripped DVDs. Old Uk TV shows can be a bit jerky via the AFTV, and I tend to use Kodi Via PC for those. US shows are fine via FTV.


You'd be better looking at a forum such as this for the best advice:
https://www.avforums.com/forums/netw...streamers.332/

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T95 Android tv box £40 does everything a nvidia shield does, obviously the shield has more bang in it but the t95 runs Android 5.0 soon to be upgraded to Android 6.0 has google play store, runs kodi flawlessly, has 2gb ram , 16gb storage, snapdragon quadcore processor, runs 4k flawlessly too has the tv apps you can get off google play and it upscales the video on them to give you decent quality.

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thanks for the help, further reading required

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Apple set to take on Hollywood with ‘Westworld’ caliber TV shows

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2017/01/...e-netflix-hbo/

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Free UFC fight pass this weekend, also access to all the on demand.

http://www.ufc.com/news/UFC-FIGHT-PA...ns-This-Friday

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It is beginning to look like the days of people illegally downloading content may soon be over.

Interesting that pirates who stream exactly the same material are unaffected, though.

http://advanced-television.com/2017/...rning-letters/

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But no action will get taken, all they'll do is send out letters that's it.
A vpn means they won't even see your ip so you won't even get a letter.
Also only BT, VM,SKY and Talktalk are doing this the same clowns who kiss studios backsides.
https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-noti...orrentfreak%29

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Since i started streaming on Kodi i cant see myself downloading that kind of stuff again as Kodi is awesome, i may as well ditch Netflix too.

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Use real debrid with kodi/exodus best £3p/m you'll spend seriously.

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That seems to suggest its only peer to peer sites that are affected....;)

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Now TV (and Sky) customers set to lose Discovery channels (including Eurosport) from 1/2/17:

http://keepdiscovery.co.uk

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TV Player confirmed to me on Twitter that they will be launching a Smart TV app very soon. They wouldn't be drawn on what Smart TV's would carry the app. I'm hoping LG is covered. Would give me access to Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Now TV and TV Player. Now that Boxnation is available on Freeview via connected TV's that's pretty much everything I would want without the need of a conventional TV subscription.

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Facebook moving in on TV

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/1401...ium-tv-content

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Amazon Prime Video UK Acquires NBC’s ‘Taken’ Prequel Series.

http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2017/02/amaz...requel-series/

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I got excited then, thought it was the Steven Spielberg one :(

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TV Player plus launch annual subscription for £59.99

http://tvplayer.com/plus

I'm a big fan of this type of thing. Forward buying you a years worth of entertainment. You can also do it with Amazon Instant Video, Netflix and Now TV. If you catch all 4 of them at the right time you can get your annual entertainment covered for around £230.00. Pretty expensive as a 1 of purchase I know but my cogs are turning. At Christmas I always end up with vouchers and cash from family and friends. Seriously would consider binning SKY and opting to put vouchers and cash towards purchasing annual passes / 12 months worth of passes for the 4 services. Just need to get them all onto a Smart TV or streaming device together.

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TViso has finally launched in the UK. https://uk.tviso.com/

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Doesn't seem to cover Amazon or NowTV so of little interest to me at the moment.

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I'm a fan of this too, by waiting for special offers I got 12 months of the entertainment channels on Now TV for £37 and 8 months of the movie channels for £38, as well as 9 Sky Sports day passes for £23 (a combination of 3 free passes with packs of Carling and 6 from a seller on Amazon),
I also had 3 months of subbing to Sky Sports on Now TV for £60 by taking up their special offers to me which was a lot cheaper than getting the channels in HD via VM.
On the subject of sports subs it cost me £20 for a 12 month sub to Eurosport.

I pay an annual sub for Amazon Prime anyway so the video service is a bonus to me although I do use it quite a lot now.
I can't say I've seen any deals for Netflix but haven't really looked as I didn't think they really existed and its cheap enough anyway.

All told I think its something like £330 I've paid out for online subs including the £70 a year I pay Netflix which may sound expensive but is less than 5 months TV subs I was paying to VM to get the channels I wanted and that didn't include Netflix or Amazon anyway, when I cancelled my TV with them and just kept 200 meg BB and basic phone my bill went down by over £70 a month!

Technically speaking there is a device that would play all these services and more, that being a Windows PC which can be picked up pretty cheaply if you look around, although I prefer separate devices to get the best out of every service I pay for.

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Anyone know where I can watch the Walking Dead? Everyone at work is raving about it so want to catchup with it.

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Amazon Video, Now TV or ITunes.

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On Kodi.

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google play, nowtv , itunes, amazon, skygo

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I'm still trying to figure out what it does and what catchup services it has.

Does it cost anything? If not it looks like a kodi addon would be awesome for it.

EDIT

Ok, just signed up to have a look and it just links to the services and you have to log in. Can't really see the point of it unless i'm missing something.

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I was trying to figure that out as well and I couldn't open the link.

I don't think it's anything that Virgin is ever likely to offer, though, from what I can gather.

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It just seems to be something like trakt.tv as far as i can see.

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Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, can watch first 5 seasons on Amazon Prime. That's my holiday viewing next week sorted!

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Yeah its like trakt.tv or tvshowtime but it emails you shows to such as when your show is returning or next episode ect.

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Do you guys ever get out?

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With the shifts I work, going out socialising is not high on list of priorities. Hence, when I get time off I do stay at home and watch TV. Whether what I watch is good or not is another question for another thread.

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Good point, but have you noticed how polluted the air is out there? I think I may live longer than you although you were probably born eons later than me.

If you believe the greenist hype, that is... :disturbd:

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Only on days that end in y.

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That of course depends on where you live!

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It seems to me the biggest thing hindering higher takeup of streaming services is the fact not all devices have access to certain key streaming services.

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New Amazon Fire TV stick brings Alexa voice assistant to UK TV screens

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-uk-tv-screens

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I know this may sound strange to those who have been streaming for a while now, but I think that a lot of people out there (particularly the over 50s) who haven't really figured out how they could access these services, probably because they've not given it much thought, or maybe they believe that these services are only accessible on a computer.

Smart TVs will eventually be in all homes, and as more people get them, I'm sure that more people will become interested in the streaming options available. It is undeniable that the interest in all things on demand is increasing all the time.

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Or perhaps you are underestimating the intelligence and wisdom of many of those over 50 who much prefer watching the Linear channels rather then streaming services.;)

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I thought you would take it as read that present company was excepted, Den!

Anyway, I thought you already had Netflix, you OD denier, you!:waving:

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Not a denier at all as there is nothing to deny as one has to bear that in a household one has to listen to other peoples TV needs as well as my good self.

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How could anyone deny that having all episodes available to stream at a time that suits you is inferior to having to wait on a weekly basis ?

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A considerable amount of people over 50 prefer it that way as they are very much creatures of habits and perhaps when you reach that milestone perhaps you might have that way of thinking as well MM.;)

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That's the beauty of On Demand Den ;)

You can watch all in one go , daily , weekly , monthly etc etc.

When you want not when the broadcaster tells you.

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Wait till you reach 50 MM and the kids have flown the nest or perhaps not as in many ways what we do when one was younger and what we do when one is older can often be vastly different in many different aspects .;)

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Can't see why turning 50 would change anything I do now Den , I already watch and enjoy linear I'm not arguing it won't be here my point was its hard to argue that waiting weekly for something to come on is superior to having it all to view when you choose.

You'll be advocating I should change back to VHS when I turn 50 next.

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Actually we still have some VHS tapes in a storage box ;) and you only have to look at the comeback of black vinyl to never say never.;)

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Nonsense. The only services where whole season streaming is a available, is pay services. I accept that they may not think that expense is worth it, or may be anxious about how to access these services, but are you saying that if the BBC offered the option of whole series or weekly, over 50s would choose weekly?

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Well you are the font of streaming knowledge PB so l will leave you to answer that.;)

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I'm more interested in your answer Den; you know mine.

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Den has a habit of avoiding the question ;)

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Not avoiding anything MM because as explained in earlier posts made by me l explained my views pretty succinctly on the streaming subject.;)

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Fiddlesticks quite a few over 50s i know have taken to streaming like a duck to water and have said how much better it is to be able to watch programmes when you want to watch them not when networks tell you too.

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Well going from a small and unscientific family and friends poll of older people they don't seem share your sentiments on this.;)

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Yes, but you don't need streaming to allow you to watch programmes when you want.
You use a well established and reliable method, called recording, which works extremely well with devices such as the Virgin Media V6.

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Very true.

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Everyone is different in how they enjoy tv, what is ideal for one person may not be ideal for someone else :)

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No way...:shocked::shocked:

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Indeed but some with their streaming rose tinted glasses on can't seem to it any other way then their way.;)

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Yep, but you have to fast forward those bloomin adverts ;):D


My package has SD Sky channels, but the shows I watch on those channels, I watch via Now TV; primarily because of no add breaks.

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No rose tinted glasses here, I am nearly 50 and if I had the choice to stream several seasons of a series I would do like I did with Game of Thrones over a 6 week period.

Are you seriously saying you would rather watch a season of something over a 10 month period rather than be able to watch it as often as you wanted when you wanted and without all those bloody commercials as that is just crazy. Lol

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Well, you'd better get a move on, because according to Den, on your 50th birthday, the whole world gets frozen in aspic.

I must say, I saw my 50th birthday over a decade ago, and there's no aspic in sight. So far....

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Bang on, scheduled TV events are hardly ever watched at the screened time in my house, apart from live football or live major sports events, and i'm even older than 50.....:shocked: :D

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If you look at the post l made earlier OB ;) l did state a considerable amount of over 50's and not all like you are cleverly construing.:nono:

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l am knocking you or anybody else but just stating that there is a very considerable amount of TV viewers out there who do not have the streaming bug like yourself and others.:)

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Well, Den, there are many of us who take the view that time is valuable and if I can squeeze in an extra show in a three hour period, then I will do so. I will no longer be bound by schedules and interminable advertisements.

However, I have to concede that when the day comes that I am sat in my chair in a daze, with a daft smile on my face and dribbling, I may no longer care. Hopefully, that time is a long way into the future, but of course by then the linear channels will have gone and I will end up just looking at the Netflix sign because I no longer have the ability to understand what I am watching!

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Or maybe some of us prefer streaming to linear tv.

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Well l would not expect anything otherwise as stated in earlier posts.:)

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Well when you have lost most of your hair and your own teeth l will remind you of your wise prediction OB.;)

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Already losing my hair :D

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Martin Scorsese’s Robert De Niro Pic ‘The Irishman’ Heading To Netflix?

http://deadline.com/2017/02/martin-s...ro-1201931848/

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Confirmed
https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...e-niro-silence

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De Niro does have a great past track record of great performances in these gangster films.

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We have a long wait, not due to screen until 2019 according to the link above.

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Well l have to get past the next couple of years first.;)

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It's coming soon :D

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But this will be available via a streaming service not linear :p:

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Yes given my lack of working brain cells l obviously did not know that.;)

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I now understand a little more about TViso:

http://advanced-television.com/2017/...iso-uk-launch/

However, I don't see Virgin making use of this as the Tivo provides all the search information we need for the content available to us on the platform. If we get Amazon and other streaming services available added to our menus, the Tivos will be extremely useful for searching out material.

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Why would it be on Tivo for? It isn't designed for tivo, sky boxes etc it is designed for tracking of shows and movies.
I think at the moment it's aimed more at people like myself who've cut the cord.

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I agree, but you raised it in the Virgin Media forum, so I assumed you were making this connection.

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This is netflix/streaming thread but i see what you mean though.

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Argos have great deals on NOW TV at the moment.

Now TV Box plus 6 months Entertainment Pass only £19.99.

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4590602

Now TV Box plus 4 months SKY Movies pass only £19.99.

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/4536886

Sort out your years entertainment for only £99.95 (£8.33 per month)

You could probably make some money back selling the spare NOW TV boxes on E-bay or Amazon.

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Is this the beginning of the end for illegal streaming?

http://advanced-television.com/2017/...x-legislation/

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It was inevitable that this was going to come OB.

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This is what I did at the tail end of last year when Currys were shipping the boxes for £18. Sold all the spares but one for £5 so got £20 back which I spent on a Roku stick from Tescos' Ebay outlet center :-)

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I don't expect it to change anything unless the ISP finds a way to prevent it, which i find very unlikely anytime soon.

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Unless they implement DPI I guess about the only thing they could do is to try and block access to the streaming servers. Seeing how stopping access to the major torrent listings sites is such a roaring success (not) it's mostly lip service IMHO.

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No it isn't they will never end torrents/illegal streaming etc they can try but for every roadblock they'll be 3 new ways appearing.

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A vpn gets around their blocks anyway and as long as you use a good quality vpn there isn't much speed loss, i use a vpn my speeds are 75mbs without the vpn on and with my vpn on they are at least 63mbs.

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Google have announced their tv streaming service. http://cordcuttersnews.com/google-of...-channels-dvr/

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Not for UK viewers, sadly.

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You sound very disappointed OB?.

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OB, do you really need anymore rubbish to watch?

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Were as you sound dead against it , why is that ?

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Wrong MM as l am against nothing as l asked a question which you politely offered your enlightened reply to.:)

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Certainly not the rubbish, Max! However, as the Pay TV channels offer less and less by way of good quality dramas and entertainment, I am sure I will be looking for cheaper ways to access whatever is left that is worth watching in the not too distant future, unless something changes for the better.

Next week, the only programmes I have selected from the Sky channels to record on my V6 are:

Madam Secretary (Sky 1)
Limitless (Sky 2)
Lucky Man (Sky 1)
Shades of Blue (Sky Living)
The Catch (Sky Living)
The Blacklist (Sky 1)
24: Legacy (Fox)
Legion (Fox)
Bull (Fox)
Quantico (Alibi)

Now, considering we are in peak season, that's not exactly mind boggling, is it? This compares with 14 dramas on the terrestrials (plus other programmes, such as Question Time), for which I don't pay. It makes me wonder if I can justify continuing my subscription to the pay channels sometimes, and the position seems to be getting worse.

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Interesting read, particularly the cloud storage DVR part. I know a few members on here are quite keen on cloud storage recordings and this is a good start from Google.

What are your opinions on the 9 month limit stated in the article? I'm not too sure it is enough but it may please the majority unless you're in to keeping and re-watching shows

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I have taken up to 18 months to watch programmes I've recorded, but I would be happy with one year.

The nine month period that has been agreed here is a good start, though.

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I think the 9 months is just a starting point in time i can see it being extended to 24 months or longer for a extra fee.
9 months for me is plenty of time.
I've been accepted on the trial so will keep updated as much as i'm allowed to.

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Meanwhile, in the UK, "Britain’s commercial broadcasters have won their long-running dispute with TVCatchup over the distribution of their content over the internet.
ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 argued TVCatchup was in breach of copyright and couldn’t rely on UK legislation that provided for retransmission over cable networks."
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/...rcial-content/

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Tvcatchup fight back? http://www.tvcatchup.com/press#0

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Thank you, theone, this is much appreciated.

A year is the start point for me, and is more easily monitored. Anything beyond that would be appreciated!

I don't want to pay for access to the cloud, but I guess that anything beyond a year after transmission would be deemed to be acceptable to most people.

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It's a very bullish statement from TVC so we'll have to see what they have planned.

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Now TV removing Plex (and other sideloaded apps)

https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/16/...te-kills-plex/