michelle.cat#cablecutter #cabletelevision I will be writing a Substack on the following soon It will be private open to only a few for comment and latter to select journalist it’s going to be controversial how the networks and cable industry banded together to kill an industry that didn’t even have a name yet I was the mobile developer this is an inside story https://stopthecap.com/2011/02/23/broadcasters-successfully-shutters-ivi-tv-with-court-injunction/
Streaming tv is everywhere today , Sling Tv would never be called a network affiliate but that’s what the network wanted to label services that turned your computer or phone into a tv receiver , Ivi called itself virtual cable which was probably an unforced error too but no one knew what to call this , and getting thousands of lines of Linux c code to compile and and run on early iPads was a major challenge for me, I have deep personal feelings to after we lost my dad a military vet our family