Digital & Social Media Consulting in Tampa Florida

Most of us are beyond frustrated with television these days.  If you’re a cable or satellite subscriber, you’ve probably had it with service outages and expensive monthly rates.  If you still get broadcast TV, you probably only get three channels and are confused about what to do for the switch to digital in 2009 (maybe).  If you’re an online video fanatic like myself, then you’ve been watching video online for some time now.  You’ve probably searched for something comparable to cable television but without the frustration and costs.  You may have come across services that either have tricky downloads and plug-ins or have fees associated with them.  All of the video search sites with streaming video are great, but they don’t simply entertain us like regular TV used to.  You have to work to find the videos you are interested in seeing. I’ve come across an online television service based right here in Baltimore that may be the answer to all of these issues.  Tidal TV, still in Beta, offers free, streaming, online television that entertains you based on the networks that you like.  They are not the first to provide this type of service.  Joost and Hulu are already established in this market, but have differences that I may discuss in a later post.   Tidal currently offers content from networks such as Discovery, National Geographic, CBS, and HGTV.

In their own words: “For the on-the-go and in-control viewer, Tidal TV offers a unique broadband television platform featuring the best in professionally produced, branded programming. There is no application to download, no waiting for videos to load, no fees to pay –Tidal TV provides its audience with a high-quality viewing experience that, like TV, is always “on.”"

I have to say I was pretty impressed.  I was entertained and I actually enjoyed the content.  Now nothing is really “free” so there are short commercials that will interrupt your viewing experience every now and then.  But a 15 second commercial is easy to tolerate when you’re not paying for cable programming. I recommend giving Tidal TV a try and hooking it up to your LCD TV.  You may end up canceling your cable service.