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In its testing phase right now, SyncTV is pioneering some new ground with pay-for-what-you-want television and media programming. Initially, the service will be computer-based only, allowing users to download their favorite show or whole seasons of television programs by subscribing to their favorite channels for $2-$4 a pop per month.
The service works with to any Windows-, Linux-, or Mac-based computer and is said to deliver DVD-like quality and 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus Surround Sound. This is some scary ground for the established cable companies that have been toying with versions of this (On Demand, etc.), but not within the same framework of an approach, i.e. customers just paying for the channels they want to watch.
SyncTV plans to rollout portable media player devices that can play its content (which utilizes the open-standard Marlin digital rights management technology), as well asallow for playback on televisions in the future. The platform that SyncTV is based on is also an open platform that will allow independent software developers to create, in essence, widgets for your TV.
It's an intruiguing proposition that you can actually check out. If you're interested in joining the beta testing program, you can sign up at synctv.com
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Subscribe to commentsCuteeNov 22nd 2007 1:20AM
I am so excited about this! I am so sick of paying an exorbinant amount of money for a slew of channels that are not watched. Who needs 120 stations of nothing. I watch maybe 5 stations. What a waste of money. I hope this shakes up the cable companies. Pay for what you watch and only what you watch, how extraordinary!!
dzeienNov 22nd 2007 7:15AM
Bruce Springsteens song "57 channels and nothins on" is really "580 channels and nothins on". Pay for what you want to see when you want to see it. This is going to set the cable industry on it rear. Can't wait for this to come out. Kudos!
Robert StevensDec 6th 2007 8:02PM
This is what I've been hoping would happen - a buy-what-you-want, free market economy approach to television. I am not a current cable/dish subscriber because I refuse to pay for all the junk just to get the few channels I like. There must be others out there like me.