Lifetime, AE and History Channel available on Roku

[osu1991]

can a cable company prevent a service like roku or Netflix from operating on there cable lines without getting some of the action?.Seems to me that since the cable co put in the cable and maintains it that they have a right to prevent others from usng the cable for free and may loose some cable tv customers also.PS im not a big cable tv fan and soon will drop the service except for the internet.

yes they can. that's what net neutrality was supposed to prevent. roku and netflix pay for access to the internet too

 

[Hall]

Supposedly, Comcast throttles connections of their own customers that are using Netflix. I don't know if anyone has proof, they suspect it, or what though...

 

[stanleyjohn]

Just saw the Netflix warns thread!it explains what I just asked before!

 

[Tampa8]

......It was unadvertised, but WIDELY discussed in these forums.

WIDELY doesn't begin to describe the length and breadth of that thread.

 

[dhashd]

If you have (access to) a DirecTV account, now you can activate and watch History, A&E and Lifetime on your Roku.

 

[dan188]

I heard time warner Cable customers will be able to sometime in the future