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[Squire]

NY preview this month, LA, Chicago, Philly in early 2015.

PlayStation Vue blends live local broadcast and cable TV network programming with on-demand content and programs that viewers have saved in a cloud-based DVR. Six major content partners are on board: CBS, Discovery Communications, Fox, NBCUniversal, Scripps Networks Interactive and Viacom.
That adds up to about 75 channels including Comedy Central, Animal Planet, Food Network, Syfy and Nickelodeon. Sony continues talking to other major providers with the biggest holdout being Disney, parent company to ABC and ESPN. "It's a pretty robust lineup, by no means do I think we are done," House said.
A "competitive" subscription fee will be announced at a later date, he says. Subscribers will not be charged any setup fee – your game system, TV and broadband connection are all you need – and will not have to agree to a certain length of contract.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...ny-playstation-vue-cloud-tv-service/18929491/

 

[BUNTING1243]

Wow. This seems big.

 

[Nightengale]

Under the PlayStation brand? Interesting.

 

[Flunkie]

Vue is a great name.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

Holy shit.... didn't think the PS4 would start their "cable-box substitution" initiative this quickly, but here were are.

This is huge news.

 

[Stimpack]

I hope this is reasonably priced and well supported.

 

[DOWN]

Wait it says you need TV and Internet, so is this in addition to a cable subscription or indepentpdent?

EDIT: excellent. It's a cable rival.

 

[Atlas157]

Kinda funny how the PS4 is now more of a cable box than the Xbox One.

I'm considering dropping Comcast cable for this when it's available.

 

[stryke]

Hmmmm, I know Playstation is a strong brand for Sony but I partly question it to put their TV streaming service under that brand.

Also, I had hoped we had gotten past tacky spelling.

 

[MavFan619]

I can get behind this as I don't have a cable box in my room don't want one I'm all for my consoles being the center of my entertainment world in every way possible. Hope it ends up being good content wise.

 

[viveks86]

Was just reading about it. Sounds pretty good. I might axe my cable connection if I can get the handful of channels/shows that I watch.

 

[oti]

So this is like Netflix + TV? I'm not really interested in the TV. (Though I don't live in the US so I don't really have to think about it.)

 

[wapplew]

Playstation Vue, Wii Vue

 

[Nightengale]

Hmmmm, I know Playstation is a strong brand for Sony but I partly question it to put their TV streaming service under that brand.

Also, I had hoped we had gotten past tacky spelling.

I guess it beats creating a whole new brand, but it definitely clutters the house of sub- brands even further.

 

[Flunkie]

I will support this if it means sticking it to DirecTV and corrupt cable companies. Now Sony, create your own Google Fiber-like service and stick it to the corrupt internet companies.

FUCK YOU 250 GB DATA CAP for $40/mo with 15 Mbps!

 

[coolasj19]

Under the PlayStation brand? Interesting.

By far the most interesting part.

Hmmmm, I know Playstation is a strong brand for Sony but I partly question it to put their TV streaming service under that brand.

Three Pillars, yo. I doubt Mobile or Pictures is up to it. PlayStation has by far the most consumer focused market penetration.

No contract. Under PlayStation brand. Not Live TV but On-Demand / Cloud DVR fusion. Besides not having Disney this is more than I could have ever dreamed it to be. Pretty much perfect so far.

 

[EBE]

i dont understand what this is. help.

 

[Wynnebeck]

So this was Sony's true plan? Guess all the people laughing at MS about TV TV TV need to eat some crow.

 

[LycanXIII]

If this happens for a reasonable price, I'm dropping Hulu.

 

[Flunkie]

Show me the way Sony, I want to be a cable cutter too!

 

[StarBlazers1]

Don't get your hopes up. There most likely will be many exclusions and the price may not be as low as you think. If you think any of these "partners" are going to allow their content to be broadcast for less than than the money they would normally get per cable or satellite subscriber, you're nuts. If it were truly feasible, it would have been done already.

 

[vpance]

All part of Kaz's master plan.

 

[bananafactory]

So this was Sony's true plan? Guess all the people laughing at MS about TV TV TV need to eat some crow.

I think it's pretty clear their focus was always on gaming

 

[StudioTan]

i dont understand what this is. help.

TV TV TV TV TV

 

[Mr.Swag]

Cable boxes will be in the past soon. Were just all going to have very expensive modems and routers.

 

[StoopKid]

This is also coming to iOS.

Could be huge.

 

[vazel]

I'm concerned about what the PQ is going to look like for this multichannel IPTV service. U-Verse is the only other multichannel IPTV service I know of and the quality is bad.

But regardless, I'm not dropping my FiOS cable card. The cable card allows me to do with my recorded content whatever I want like deleting commercials and permanently save however much content I want on my hard drives.

 

[Flunkie]

Cable boxes will be in the past soon. Were just all going to have very expensive modems and routers.

And even more corruption in the internet companies.

 

[Crisium]

Cool. I don't have cable anymore, so if this is a good value I might get back into actual tv channels.

 

[DOWN]

Is this the biggest cohesive partnership for web-based cable alternatives yet?

The holy trinity

NETFLIX
HBO GO 2015
VUE

 

[Sarobi]

I won't need a cable box anymore? TAKE MY MONEY!

 

[Flunkie]

Is this the biggest cohesive partnership for web-based cable alternatives yet?

The holy trinity

NETFLIX
HBO GO 2015
VUE

Yes.

 

[Pop]

i dont understand what this is. help.

TV like cable/satellite on your game console

 

[Brianâ˜]

The UI looks ugly. But this seems interesting.

 

[Eclectic Jabber Monkey]

Isn't TV in a game console bad? *Looks sternly at Xbox One*

Spoiler

j/k I like TV in my consoles.

It actually sounds pretty promising, though we sadly won't see this in Canada ever or only see it for years after it happens in the US I would imagine.

 

[sqwarlock]

Hope it comes to SoCal sooner rather than later.

 

[BlackGoku03]

How soon after a show is broadcast will it be on Vue? It sounds interesting but I need something to give me sports to cut my cable completely.

 

[Sandfox]

Cable boxes will be in the past soon. Were just all going to have very expensive modems and routers.

Not as long as sports are locked behind cable.

 

[MUnited83]

So this was Sony's true plan? Guess all the people laughing at MS about TV TV TV need to eat some crow.

More like it's time to laugh at MS for focusing so damn much on TV TV TV at their reveal and they still managed to get beat on that front by Sony, 1 year after release.

 

[Squire]

I think it's pretty clear their focus was always on gaming

"Was" being the key word.

 

[Kayant]

Under the PlayStation brand? Interesting.

Reuters came through after all - http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=863656&highlight=

Add that to their comments from quarterly reports it's not too surprising. I guess it makes sense since for one it has their largest amount of users and it's a well recognised brand which they can build off from.

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Do you need a Playstation device to get this service or have they just slapped the Playstation name on it, because the PS4 is the hot thing right now?

 

[Smiles and Cries]

they only have a few cities to start with meh hurry up and get serious

 

[shacklesmcgee]

lmao Sony was "TV TV TV" all along

 

[StarBlazers1]

Question. Who's providing your internet for you? What's going to stop them from charging you more to stream this. Comcast and others have a cap. They will just make it more expensive to do this. I realize how negative I'm being, but the reality is the cable and sat companies aren't going to let this happen so easily.

 

[BabyFaceKillah]

lmao Sony was "TV TV TV" all along

Right lol shit is pretty funny.

 

[Leona Lewis]

Super skeptical.

Whether it's Playstation TV, Playstation Home, or Crystal LED, Sony's been the king of wasted/languishing potential lately.

I guess one way to put it: see where a service like Crackle is, and expect nothing more or less for this.

 

[KePoW]

Does anyone know how this works if your internet has data cap??

 

[dracula_x]

A "competitive" subscription fee will be announced at a later date, he says. Subscribers will not be charged any setup fee – your game system, TV and broadband connection are all you need – and will not have to agree to a certain length of contract.

So, seems jeff_rigby was right.

 

[JCX]

Wow, this could be a good Aereo replacement for me. Wonder if PS+ will get a discount.