#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/
Broadcasters Successfully Shutters Ivi TV With Court Injunction

The same judge responsible for cutting the legs out from under FilmOn has ruled ivi must cease retransmitting network affiliate stations that make up the bulk of its service. In a widely-expected r…

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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