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Sony's Playstation Vue Service Expands, Offers A La Carte TV

Sony is expanding its Playstation Vue Internet video service into San Francisco and Los Angeles, and says the company will also let users buy a few extra channels a la carte. When Vue launched back in March, the service offered users a 50 channel bundle for $50 a month, and was only made available in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.

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Speaking at E3 this week, Sony confirmed they'll be shaking up the channels users can purchase starting in July, following on the heels of other "skinny bundles" from the likes of Sling TV.

"We will begin offering a la carte channels nationwide, and will be the first paid TV service to allow users to subscribe to individual channels without the purchase of a multi-channel bundle," states Sony.

The company didn't get specific, but did state that users who pay for the $50 base package will soon be able to buy individual add on channels, including Showtime's looming standalone subscription service (which also arrives in July), Fox Soccer Plus, and what was described as "an exclusive" channel from Machinama.
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aaronwt
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join:2004-11-07
Woodbridge, VA

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aaronwt

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$50?!?!

For a little more I have the Ultimate HD tier on FiOS which gives me many times the amount of content. $50 seems like a rip off for what you get.
broadbandmav
join:2014-01-08
New Rochelle, NY

broadbandmav

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Still no proper media remote on PS4

Hopefully they can finally release a PS4 media remote and/or add backwards-compatibility with the PS3 media remote

jnemesh
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jnemesh

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Re: Still no proper media remote on PS4

Not really needed. Thanks to HDMI-CEC, you can just use your TV's remote. If you change inputs to the one for the PS4, it will turn the console on, and you have full cursor control and media control functionality.
cross12095
join:2011-04-10
Hillsboro, AL

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cross12095

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Re: Still no proper media remote on PS4

That's how HDMI CEC is supposed to work one remote control works for everything but in reality it somewhat works. HDMI CEC and HDMI ARC are game changers but the stupid manufacturers limit the functionality of these things by not working together so it all works right. The only way you somewhat guarantee that these thing work is if you buy everything from the same manufacturer.

MDA
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join:2013-09-10
Minneapolis, MN

MDA

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Re: Still no proper media remote on PS4

That is one thing HDMI 2.0 is suppose to change where the most basic commands must work between all manufacturers like power-on/off and volume.

Flyonthewall
@teksavvy.com

Flyonthewall

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Not meant to be disruptive

If it was, they would be cutting their own deals

caster
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caster

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fox soccer plus should be about $15 mo old Setanta Sports USA price

fox soccer plus should be about $15 mo old Setanta Sports USA price

Now offer CSN Chicago / Chicago plus / Chicago plus stand lone + maybe NBCSN