Fubo TV project

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#665

Interesting tidbits in this article, both paragraphs surprised me:

The combined company, which Disney will have a 70% stake in, will operate under Fubo's publicly traded company name and be led by Fubo's existing management team. Fubo and Hulu + Live TV have a combined 6.2 million North American subscribers.

Fubo and Hulu + Live TV will still be available to consumers as separate offerings once the transaction closes.

Of course, all of this can change on a dime.

I do wonder what this all means specifically for the tvOS client for Fubo which is the only app that has customizable "MultiView" already in place for all channels. If their merging plans are to court the hardcore sports fans, that’s a major differentiator and a killer feature to preserve.

#666

Now showing 278 channels. I'm sure more DRM is on the horizon. But I just wanted to mention that this docker continues to chug along well for now. Yes, I know this can change at anytime, so I'm just enjoying it while it lasts.

I noticed that it brought in the Fox Sports 4K stream on Sunday for the Super Bowl, in 4K. Various other avenues I had set up, for local DVRing, at least, ended up being in either 1080i or 720p. So that was a pleasant surprise. The picture quality was excellent, no buffering, it was perfect. At least the first quarter, that I watched at home.

And then I drove to my friends' house, to watch the rest of the game with a big group, and in the car I used the "audio only" feature of the Channels iOS app to keep listening, which also worked great.

At my friends place, a crowd was there streaming regular YouTube TV and it was buffering, pixellating, looked terrible, and it was just all kinds of ridiculous. Folks were complaining! Amidst laughter and skepticism I got the host to download "Tubi" onto his smart TV, while others complained this change was making them miss commercials, lol.

When the host got to the Tubi splash screen, he balked at creating an account just to get access to the 4K stream there. The crowd was getting more restless! I thought about getting him to download Channels so I could log into my own DVR, but the clock was ticking. I even offered my own Tubi login, but he didn't want to take more time typing in the email address and password. This sparked a side conversation about how great it is to use your smartphone as a virtual keyboard to enter credentials in cases like this... but by this time, the host had gone back to YouTube TV. Now the crowd was getting angry (!) but then, he paid $4.99 for YTTV's "4K add-on" and tried the stream of the game again. This time it played much better! It didn't buffer at all. And the PQ looked very good. Not as good as the aforementioned 4K stream I'd watched at home via the Fubo TV project, that's still chugging along without active development, with new DRM raining on the parade now and whose future otherwise is uncertain as changes in the streaming industry may fold Fubo's name and/or company into something different... but I digress.

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#667

Are you getting 278 on your server with the yankees4life version? I have the elite plan and I am getting 188 channels.

#668

I’m just checked and am currently getting 273 channels. With the yankees4life docker.

#669

Currently getting 213 channels with Yankee4life docker. Elite plan. Harrisburg, PA market.

#670

Sorry, I’m getting 204 with the Yankees4life with the elite plan. I’m assuming that the number of channels is based on area? I did the docker with olive tin.

#671

Is everyone counting Fubo channels from the project docker PLUS TVE channels available w/Fubo.
Or just Fubo channels from the project docker.

#672

Just the docker. The TVE integration is listed second:

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