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TECHNOLOGY Tuesday 15 augusT 2017

The TV-streaming paradox: Why you may miss the cable bundle

By TALI ARBEL But the cost of multiple
AP Technology Writer streaming services adds
NEW YORK (AP) — The fu- up, too.
ture of TV may well be a A $30 TV antenna gets you
mishmash of streaming local channels — CBS, NBC,
services that could rival ABC, Fox, PBS, Univision —
the cost of a $100 cable for free, though you have
bundle — but that are way to watch whatever’s on
more difficult to use. at the moment unless you
Disney’s plan for two new have a DVR. If you want to
streaming services (and see the edgy shows every-
possibly more) is just the one talks about, then Netf-
latest sign that everyone lix is, for most, $10 a month;
is jumping into the stream- Amazon is $8.25 a month if
ing business. It intends to you sign up for a year. Hulu
launch a kids-oriented starts at $8. HBO Now, $15.
movie and TV streaming Tickled by ads for a specific
service in 2019 that will pull network show? “The Sin-
Disney and Pixar films from ner,” an eerie-looking new
Netflix, as well as an ESPN Jessica Biel vehicle on USA,
sidekick service (minus pro costs $20 on Amazon for
football and basketball) ex- the season. All that togeth-
pected early next year. The er is already more than $60
company is even exploring This Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, file photo shows Xiaomi’s Mi Box, left, the Roku Premiere, center, a month. It’s even worse if
the possibility of separate and the Amazon Fire TV streaming TV devices in New York. you’re a sports fan. MLB.
streaming services for its Associated Press TV is $113 for the year, and
Star Wars and Marvel su- “Ultimately for consumers, of a new Disney-only ser- modern-day channel surfer you won’t get hometeam
perhero films. it means that experience is vice isn’t reassuring. “Hav- has it much harder. “There’s games .
All of that will simply add dreadful,” says Paolo Pes- ing a third thing in the mix going to be a proliferation Disney hasn’t settled on
to a cacophony of exist- catore, a vice president seems like a lot to juggle,” of niche content,” says prices yet, saying only it
ing Netflix-style video ser- with research firm CCS In- he says. Colin Petrie-Norris, CEO of wants an affordable ser-
vices that let you watch sight. To find stuff to watch, Xumo, a streaming-chan- vice that’s broadly appeal-
what you want, when you PROBLEM ONE: FINDING Berkowitz’s family uses a nel provider for smart TVs. ing. Its DisneyLife stream-
want. More are probably STUFF TO WATCH Roku box attached to their “The way for it to be man- ing video app in the U.K.
on their way, as entertain- New Yorker David Berkow- TV, which suggests stream- aged, findable for a user — launched at 10 pounds a
ment companies see prof- itz still pays for cable, ing channels the fam- that has not emerged yet.” month in November 2015
its in controlling not only the streams from Netflix and ily may like and lets them PROBLEM TWO: PAYING THE and now costs half that —
creation of their films and Amazon, and sometimes search for the shows and PRICE about $6.50.
shows, but also their distri- buys individual movies from movies he wants to watch. People quit cable be- Of course, Disney might still
bution. Amazon; his three-year-old There are also websites to cause they can’t justify a bundle Marvel movies and
The downside? Potentially daughter already watches guide streamers, like just- $100-and-always-climbing the Star Wars franchise into
bigger bills, and more work “Finding Dory” and “Find- watch.com. monthly payment, espe- its service, which would
for people who just want to ing Nemo” on two sepa- That’s fine if you know what cially with so much good help it appeal to a wider
find something to watch. rate services. The prospect you’re looking for. But the stuff on cheaper services. demographic. q
Google, GoDaddy boot neo-Nazi site that mocked rally victim

By PATRICK MAIRS and MI- Google said Monday that it Arizona-based company’s “childless” and said “most tweeted its decision, the
CHAEL KUNZELMAN was canceling the domain terms of service. people are glad she is site posted an article claim-
Associated Press name registration of The GoDaddy spokesman Dan dead, as she is the defini- ing it had been taken over
A leading neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer for violating Race said the move was tion of uselessness.” by hackers associated with
continued to be acces- its terms of service. The reg- prompted by a post on the “Given their latest article “Anonymous” and would
sible Monday despite ef- istration had moved there site about Heather Heyer, comes on the immediate be shut down, and it was
forts by website registration after GoDaddy tweeted who was killed Saturday heels of a violent act, we briefly down Monday be-
companies Google and late Sunday night that it when a car plowed into a believe this type of article fore becoming accessible
GoDaddy to oust it after it had given The Daily Storm- group of demonstrators in could incite additional vio- again.
mocked the woman killed er 24 hours to move its do- Charlottesville. The post, lence, which violates our One of The Daily Stormer’s
in a deadly attack at a main to another provider, written by The Daily Storm- terms of service,” Race said contributors said the post
white nationalist rally in Vir- also because the site had er’s publisher Andrew An- in an emailed statement. about the site being taken
ginia. violated the Scottsdale, glin, called her “fat” and Shortly after GoDaddy over was just a prank.q