[opendtv] Aereo fumbles on NFL opening day, but it's still a streaming sports champion
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 03:03:00 -0400
Aereo fumbles on NFL opening day, but it's still a streaming sports champion
Brad Chacos
Sep 9, 2013
Ditching your hefty cable bill sounds great on paper, but one glaring
issue has prevented scads of would-be cord cutters from flipping the
all-digital switch: The lack of live sports. While Netflix, Amazon
Prime, Hulu, and their ilk carry a cornucopia of TV shows and movies,
none cast live sports, and the scant few streaming options offered
directly by professional sports leagues tend to be expensive and
limited to a handful of devices. And the NFL-the most popular sport
in the U.S.-is the worst of the bunch.
Enter Aereo.
The streaming service that broadcasters love to hate recently
expanded to the Boston area -including southern New Hampshire, my
stomping grounds-as part of a nationwide expansion push. With Aereo,
you can stream local broadcast stations such as FOX and CBS to your
Internet-equipped devices in real-time, and the $8 monthly fee
includes DVR capabilities and a channel guide.
The vast majority of NFL games (and more than a few NHL, NBA, and MLB
games) air on channels broadcast over the open air, making Aereo a
potential cornerstone to the cord cutting strategy, or at least a
low-cost way to catch live football on your mobile devices.
So just before the Patriots kicked off at 1 P.M. E.T. Sunday, I
signed up for the service with the hopes of using it to scratch my
football itch. (I'm a cord cutter who can't easily place an antenna
at my new house.) The final score: Aereo wasn't quite ready for
football, but it came pretty close.
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http://www.techhive.com/article/2048414/aereo-fumbles-on-nfl-opening-day-but-its-still-a-streaming-sports-champion.html
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