Mashable: Big Telecom’s hold on live TV may be coming to an end

More good news for cord-cutters. Article by Christina Warren for Mashable For years, analysts and prognosticators have been predicting that the world of TV was going to shift from "over-the-air" (OTA) to "over-the-top" (OTT). That is, people will go from primarily consuming their television through a cable box to consuming it through Internet streaming services — which may or may not be connected to an actual TV.

More good news for cord-cutters.

Article by Christina Warren for Mashable

For years, analysts and prognosticators have been predicting that the world of TV was going to shift from "over-the-air" (OTA) to "over-the-top" (OTT). That is, people will go from primarily consuming their television through a cable box to consuming it through Internet streaming services — which may or may not be connected to an actual TV.

And although there is no doubt that viewers are increasingly consuming more and more content online, the big question has been, "Will the content creators actually make the jump to OTT services?"

We're just a quarter of a way into 2015 and we're already seeing signs that content providers are finally, finally willing to offer their services in real-time (as opposed to on demand, which has been around in various forms for a while) to users without the need for a separate cable TV subscription. The first indicator was Sling TV, Dish's new $20 a month bundle of OTT channels. This week, we saw the early launch of PlayStation Vue and new rumors of Apple's much-anticipated Internet TV service. And on April 12, HBO will officially launch HBO Now, it's $15-a-month subscription offering that will bring the network's programming to those who want to forego a traditional cable subscription.

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