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Rumor: Apple to offer $30 unlimited TV package

Filed under: Extracurriculars, Technology

In June 2001 Apple introduced the world to iTunes, a music marketplace that largely changed the way we buy music. And now, almost a decade later rumor has it that Apple wants to revolutionize the way we get our television delivered by offering all you can watch TV for $30.

Before Apple can offer consumers the opportunity to ditch their cable subscriptions for an all-you-can-watch plan it has to convince the television networks that it's a good idea, just like it did with the music labels.

Given the numerous side projects of networks, like CBS' TV.com, and the attempts by cable companies to restrict online streaming to customers, Apple faces a big hurdle before it can offer a $30 unlimited TV package.

Your next movie rental may be from YouTube

Filed under: Extracurriculars, Technology

The buzz around the Web this week is that video streaming giant YouTube is in talks with movie studios to start renting movies in the near future. Even though YouTube isn't known so much for video quality as it is video quantity it could provide an exciting new ability to consumers.

If YouTube does start streaming movies it could provide an entirely new rental experience to consumers. A YouTube movie rental has the potential to be an experience which is spread across multiple devices regardless of manufacturer or operating system.

Think about it: YouTube is everywhere you have an Internet connection. You can watch YouTube videos on your cell phone, iPhone, Nintendo Wii, computer, the Playstation 3 and it's going to be standard on almost every Internet enabled TV to hit the market.

No other company can claim this kind of market share on devices and YouTube's movie rental business has the potential to change the digital rental game by giving consumers more freedom to watch movies where they want on whatever device they want.

Competing services like Netflix's Xbox 360 integration, Apple's iPhone / Apple TV integration and Amazon's Tivo integration will have trouble competing with the freedom of choice and portability that YouTube could bring to market.

If the deals go through and YouTube is able to enter the streaming movie rental market you might just be able to start watching your next movie rental on your cell phone, pick up where you left off on your Nintendo Wii and then finish it in bed on your iPod Touch all for one rental fee.

A free TV site that beats Hulu, Veoh

Filed under: Bargains, Extracurriculars, Technology

The future has finally arrived for me: Watching old TV shows on my computer.

We all have our touchstones of what it means to be in the 21st century. For some, maybe it's locating a bathroom in New York City through iPhone. For others, maybe it's reading a book through the Kindle.

I'm sure others won't feel like it's the 21st century until we're riding jet packs like The Jetsons. For me, I think my epiphany came recently when I discovered that the Museum of Broadcast Communications has some of its collection online.

For those of you not familiar with the Museum of Broadcast Communications, it's a museum all about television and radio in Chicago. (It's currently closed; they're redeveloping their facility.)

I had never heard of them until the other night. I went looking for the Web site for the Museum of Television and Radio, which has two facilities in New York and Los Angeles.

Keep Hulu free!

Filed under: Home, Technology, Consumer Complaints

One of my biggest pet peeves is when a company starts charging for something once offered for free. I was so bitter about having to pay a cable company just to get local channels that for years I struggled with a pair of rabbit ears from RadioShack.

Never mind that I was reporting on the consumer electronics industry at the time and wrote about the latest home technology. It was rabbit ears for me, on principle.

Cable service is now included in my monthly condominium assessments, making paid TV watching sort of justifiable. But now my newest favorite freebie is making noise about going to some kind of paid model. Oh Hulu, say it isn't so.

CBS puts its classic shows on the internet FOR FREE!

Filed under: Bargains, Extracurriculars, Technology

Okay, let's start with the fact that Hulu is the devil's playground...

A few months before our daughter was born, my wife and I turned off our cable. We like to talk and do fun activities together, so we weren't happy about the fact that so much of our time was spent staring blankly at a television screen. It was hard to say goodbye to the mindless entertainment of the tube, but I had a friend who regularly recorded episodes of My Name Is Earl, The Office, and Gilmore Girls, which meant that we wouldn't have to go completely cold-turkey. Over a couple of months, between my VCR-wielding buddy and my Netflix account, my wife and I slowly rid ourselves of the TV monkey on our backs. It was like a methadone clinic for sitcom addicts.

A couple of years later, we found ourselves talking more, vegging less, and generally pretty happy with our lives. We used Netflix to keep abreast of the coolest shows, watched movies one or two nights a week, and generally reveled in our freedom from the tube. Then Hulu came along.

Where to find TV shows on the internet

Filed under: Bargains, Extracurriculars, Technology

In the internet age, no TV show is ever gone, just a little harder to find. If you're looking for that classic episode of My Mother the Car or Tila Tiquila's latest mush, you'll probably find it among this, our list of places to watch TV shows on the internet.

Joost Jericho, Star Trek, Babylon 5
Hulu (NBC and Newscorp) House, Family Guy, The Simpsons
ABC Family 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, Smallville
ABC Lost (all seasons), Dancing with the Stars, Ugly Betty
AOL and AOL in2TV Full episodes of hundreds of shows, including many long-gone
Disney Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place
Fancast Episodes from 'classic' television; MacGuyver, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Dragnet
Liketelevision Golden oldies: Ozzie and Harriet, The Andy Griffith Show, Beverly Hillbillies
Fox Full episodes of many Fox staples: Prison Break, American Dad, Cops
Turbonick: Nickeloden's channel, with episodes of SpongeBob and other children's favs
TBS A light offering of shows including Seinfeld, House of Payne, and The Bill Engvall Show
USA Full episodes of USA originals such as Monk and Psych
Cartoon Network The cable network's cartoon lineup minus Adult Swim: where is my Robot Chicken? (at Adult Swim; thanks, William D.)
The CW Video Aliens in America, Wet 'n Wild, and other quality fare
Looney Tunes For lovers of classic animation

Thanks to Jeff Baker of Seabreezecomputers.com

Watch TV shows free on Hulu.com

Filed under: Daily Deal

I don't like spending money so the Daily Deal for today will be a freebie.

On Hulu.com, you can stream full episodes of a bunch of TV shows, including 24, Arrested Development, House, Top Chef, and many dozens more. The site also has hundreds -- perhaps thousands -- or shorter clips from those shows and many others.

To view full episodes, just look for titles withto the left.

And if you haven't already seen her show, be sure to check out the Kathy Griffin clips.

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