You still need to subscribe to cable TV for this to work. That is the whole point.
Cable companies (the ones to which you pay your cable bill) pay cable networks (content providers-the ones you watch) a certain amount of money per subscriber per month.
The content providers don't want to make their stuff available on the web for free because it will piss off the cable company because they are paying content providers money every month.
What the cable company is doing is setting up an authentication system that confirms you are a cable TV subscriber and so are entitled to watch this cable program or network on the web anywhere (laptop, mobile device, in or out of home, depending on technology).
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You still need to subscribe to cable TV for this to work. That is the whole point.
Cable companies (the ones to which you pay your cable bill) pay cable networks (content providers-the ones you watch) a certain amount of money per subscriber per month.
The content providers don't want to make their stuff available on the web for free because it will piss off the cable company because they are paying content providers money every month.
What the cable company is doing is setting up an authentication system that confirms you are a cable TV subscriber and so are entitled to watch this cable program or network on the web anywhere (laptop, mobile device, in or out of home, depending on technology).