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PlayStation Vue, internet-based cable TV-like service coming to PS3, PS4, & more
Posted on 11/13/14 at 1:24 am
Posted on 11/13/14 at 1:24 am
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The Verge: Sony's PlayStation Vue is a cloud-based TV service designed to kill your cable box
And finally, a year and a half later, we now know what the Sony-Viacom TV deal was for.
The Verge: Sony's PlayStation Vue is a cloud-based TV service designed to kill your cable box
And finally, a year and a half later, we now know what the Sony-Viacom TV deal was for.
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PlayStation Vue will launch with a package of "around 75 channels per market," said Sony. That includes local broadcast networks as well as cable channels from media companies such as Fox, NBCUniversal and Viacom. On-demand content will also be a part of the service, with the previous three days of "popular programming" available at all times, plus the ability for viewers to save episodes of their favorite shows to the cloud and retain access for up to 28 days. Here's a partial list of channels straight from Sony:
CBS - At launch, PlayStation Vue will offer the live linear signal from CBS Television Network's owned-and-operated TV stations in select leading markets in addition to on-demand prime-time programming.
Discovery Communications - Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Discovery Family Channel and 11 more brands.
Fox - Fox Networks Group's portfolio of national entertainment programming services, including - FX, FXX, FXM, National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo WILD. Additionally FOX Sports' national and regional programming services - FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, BTN, Fox's regional sports networks, including YES Network and Prime Ticket. The agreement also covers Fox's owned and operated television stations.
NBCUniversal - All local offerings from NBC, Telemundo and regional sports networks as well as Bravo, CNBC, E!, NBCSN, Oxygen, Sprout, Syfy, USA Network and more.
Scripps Networks Interactive - HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network and Cooking Channel.
Viacom - BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Palladia, Spike, VH1 and more.
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Sony gave no details about pricing for PlayStation Vue, but said that it will offer subscriptions on a month-to-month basis at a "fair and competitive price" with no contracts, no hidden fees and no cancellation charges. PlayStation Vue will launch in an invite-only beta later this month on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, first in New York and then in Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Sony plans to bring the service to iPad "shortly thereafter," and at some point after that to additional devices from Sony and other companies. The full commercial launch of PlayStation Vue is currently scheduled for the first quarter of 2015.
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But Sony's service appears smartly designed, aping cable TV but improving on it by letting people watch everything shown over the last three days at any time, without recording it beforehand. With experience in the sector and a profitable PlayStation division behind it, Sony might be able to give the new Vue the kind of kickstart it needs to get people cutting their cords.
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Posted on 11/13/14 at 1:32 am to UltimateHog
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Instead, they joined the estimated 7.6 million U.S. households that have left pay television behind.
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The number of pay-TV defectors is steadily rising: About 6.5 percent of households nationwide have cut the cord, up slightly from 4.5 percent in 2010, according to research by Experian Marketing Services.
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Nearly one-fifth of Americans who have working Netflix or Hulu Plus accounts don't subscribe to a cable or satellite TV service.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:06 am to UltimateHog
Posted on 11/13/14 at 6:28 am to UltimateHog
That's cool and all but people are already subscribed to countless streaming services that are on a lot of other devices. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, etc.
Sony is a little late to get in on this.
ETA: If it is truly a cable replacement then it may have a shot.
What's bad for them is that they no longer make TVs so outside of Playstation it will be hard for this to stick since they can't offer it on Smart TVs.
They will have to try to get in on Roku and other streaming devices.
Sony is a little late to get in on this.
ETA: If it is truly a cable replacement then it may have a shot.
What's bad for them is that they no longer make TVs so outside of Playstation it will be hard for this to stick since they can't offer it on Smart TVs.
They will have to try to get in on Roku and other streaming devices.
This post was edited on 11/13/14 at 6:44 am
Posted on 11/13/14 at 6:36 am to UltimateHog
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Sony gave no details about pricing for PlayStation Vue, but said that it will offer subscriptions on a month-to-month basis at a "fair and competitive price" with no contracts, no hidden fees and no cancellation charges
Posted on 11/13/14 at 9:41 am to UltimateHog
I thought something like this was coming after PS Now. I guess it's a natural evolution after they bought Gaikai.
I think it's a little early to try something like this and I don't understand why they're using the PS brand to push it.
I think it's a little early to try something like this and I don't understand why they're using the PS brand to push it.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 11:22 am to UltimateHog
Cable is done, it's over.
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