Topic 'Bell video store tits up?' in forum 'TekSavvy'

Topic 'Bell video store tits up?' in forum 'TekSavvy' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Bell-video-store-tits-up-22524929 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:38:09 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:38:09 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22545389
just block thee mails or send via auto responder to webmaster@big(censored).com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22545389 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:54:07 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22545264
Block anything and everything to do with Bell Canada and make it an opt-in.

A sign-up to block them.
a) consent
b) opt-in
c) open & transparent

heck promote it as a security measure since Bell-MSN has been sending malware to people:
»MSNSympatico-Website-Compromised
»MSN/Sympatico Website Compromised
»securitylabs.websense.com/conten···416.aspx

+1 VenusFlytrap :p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22545264 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:16:11 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22545175 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22545175 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:46:12 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22539004 said by milnoc:

Rocky, aren't Bell's on-line TV services affecting your bandwidth?

Maybe you should throttle them. ;)
Rocky, seriously, you should do this... throttle all things Bell.... because it is affecting Teksavvy bandwidth... ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22539004 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:40:06 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22532800
And we barely need the services of television companies as well.

I download ALL my tv shows if they interest me at all.
I'd wouldn't mind logging on to an internet located service, and pay a monthly fee or a modest fee per show to get them.
I consider my cable service a complete waste of money. If it wasn't for the fact it is to please my wife, this house wouldn't have any TV service at all.
If it's news I can get it online. If the show is actually any good, I can get it online.
And if advertisers want to advertise, let them do it online where my eyes will actually be watching.

I don't rent videos, if they are worth watching at all, an avi download is just fine. DVD is only good for buying a better grade copy. I have no desire to pay X dollars to rent one.
I wouldn't mind paying a modest fee to get videos legit, but until the industry wakes up and smells the roses that won't be happening.

In the 20th century you could make statements to the effect they thought a video was worth X dollars and you would damn well pay it because they refused to accept it could be any different.

Today I can tell them a video is free if I bloody well say it is, and there's damn near nothing they can do to stop that being the case. Quotes and comments regarding the law, mean utterly nothing in the face of the reality we live in.
But I will gladly offer them a buck a digital download if they want it. Anything more than a buck a movie though, well they can either talk to the hand, or settle for the sound of my laughing.

Hearing Bell and as well Rogers video rental stores are dying is no shock. They kinds of places have been on life support for several years.
It almost makes me sad to visit a local mom and pop video rental location here in town. The guy is a nice guy. But his store barely has any reason to exist, and there's never any customers there when I walk in.

And that is no surprise.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22532800 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:47:07 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22532240 said by fatness:

This thread made the front page news article: »Bell Canada Discontinuing Video Store
Sweet! :D :D :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22532240 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:32:23 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22528048 Bell Canada Discontinuing Video Store]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22528048 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:16:03 EDT Re: Bell video store=mammaries skyward, Rogers too http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-storemammaries-skyward-Rogers-too-22527898 said by VODvictim :

Rogers has been closing down some of their video-rental outlets too.

Makes a bit of sense, eh? Deliver movies via VOD - nobody drives, no media handling logistics, no stores, no staff.

Just a bunch of computers responding to peeps pressing of buttons on their needle^H^H^H^H^H^H^H remote control. (I'm allowed to say that, I choose to own no TV).

quote:
Media
Video-on-demand: An industry gold mine

New figures show service is among fastest growing segments of Canadian broadcast industry

Grant Robertson
TORONTO — Globe and Mail
Update, Tuesday, Jun. 09, 2009 01:47PM EDT

It started out as a money loser, but in only a short period of time video-on-demand has become one of the biggest cash generators the cable and television industry has seen in years.

New figures collected from the federal broadcast regulator show video-on-demand (VOD), which offers catalogues of movies and TV programs to digital cable subscribers at the push of a button, is among the fastest growing segments of the broadcast industry.

[...]

»www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-in···1172631/

Funny how Bell must have the infrastructure/bandwidth to handle digital video, but can't keep up 100kB/s @ 7/24 for the DSL they either retail or wholesale (less than 15% of the "up-to" speed they themselves advertise).

Gotta feed those suckling, parasitic shareholders somehow.
except neither is Bell or Rogers On Demand Video service anywhere near spectacular.

Rogers On Demand ordering is just ridiculous. It takes atleast 3 tries to get something to finally load after ordering. even when it does, the menus come in in blocks sometimes, and eventually clear up. The movie selection is based on what they want you to see, not a full list of movies you would expect from every movie that was every played on TMN ( why not ) .. so your stuck with rogers idea of the top 10, best picks, other categories ... and they dont change them that often. the simple scrolling or selecting through the menus just takes forever, theres way too much load time. as if they Â¨throttledÂ¨their own service you would think.. its like trying to access on demand with a dialup connection, when webpages took forever to load pictures ...........

if this is going to replace the video store, then they have a ton more work to do if they think the on demand service is going to meet peoples expectations as far as service and content. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-storemammaries-skyward-Rogers-too-22527898 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:49:16 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22527481
And let's face this fact that Bell can offer iptv for a lot cheaper than they're saying. I can watch tvuplayer, an under 1mbit streaming tv service (I'm satisfied) for free. 1 or 2mbit is plenty for a stream, and if there's a second or 2 lag from channel to channel, I'm OK with that.

Again, thanks Bell for trying to influence the CRTC's rulling. Jackass.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22527481 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:41:15 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22527228
Bell video store has gone the way of Bell Home Monitoring & Security.

The road to Bell is paved with greedily intentions.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22527228 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:08:11 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526942 said by milnoc:

Rocky, aren't Bell's on-line TV services affecting your bandwidth?

Maybe you should throttle them. ;)
+1]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526942 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:19:23 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526579 said by milnoc:

Rocky, aren't Bell's on-line TV services affecting your bandwidth?

Maybe you should throttle them. ;)
LOLOL!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526579 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:04:06 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526567
Maybe you should throttle them. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526567 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:00:38 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526411 said by Angelo:

iptv is coming i think :P
They've been promising IPTV for about 5 years now. First there was VDSL which is a complete flop, it's old tech and doesn't have nearly enough bandwidth or promised features. Then there is actual IPTV which they still have yet to roll out, still in public trials in very limited areas and with the threat of them pulling upgrades, it may never be widely rolled out.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526411 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:13:41 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526394 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526394 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:06:47 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526384 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526384 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:03:05 EDT Re: Bell video store tits up? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526268 --
"No matter where you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-store-tits-up-22526268 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:04:11 EDT Re: Bell video store=mammaries skyward, Rogers too http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Bell-video-storemammaries-skyward-Rogers-too-22525563
Makes a bit of sense, eh? Deliver movies via VOD - nobody drives, no media handling logistics, no stores, no staff.

Just a bunch of computers responding to peeps pressing of buttons on their needle^H^H^H^H^H^H^H remote control. (I'm allowed to say that, I choose to own no TV).

quote:
Media
Video-on-demand: An industry gold mine

New figures show service is among fastest growing segments of Canadian broadcast industry

Grant Robertson
TORONTO — Globe and Mail
Update, Tuesday, Jun. 09, 2009 01:47PM EDT

It started out as a money loser, but in only a short period of time video-on-demand has become one of the biggest cash generators the cable and television industry has seen in years.

New figures collected from the federal broadcast regulator show video-on-demand (VOD), which offers catalogues of movies and TV programs to digital cable subscribers at the push of a button, is among the fastest growing segments of the broadcast industry.

[...]

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