[kwlug-disc] Cutting the cord

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 5:37 PM, <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks to everyone who has chimed in about cutting the cord on TV. The
> last remaining service we have from Rogers is TV, primarily because Maria
> likes TLN (The Latin Network). The only other channel we look to is the
> weather channel).
>

For The Weather Channel, the TWN app for Android is decent, and does the
job.


> We'd do satellite TV, but our building contract has a (phony) structural
> clause saying no dishes (they have a deal with Rogers and a local rep in
> the building).
>
> Maria would be thrilled to get other Latin channels. I have XBMC and am
> happy watching plugins from it. I set up a Colombian channel plug-in for
> XBMC, but it didn't work - guessing the problem is a proxy one (need to
> look like we're in Colombia).
>
> Anyone doing IPTV for Latin channels?
>

The IPTV devices often support more than one culture/language.

For example, this device has Arabic/Afghan/Greek/Urdu/...etc.
http://www.zaaptv.com/channels/

So, perhaps you/she needs to ask around other Spanish speaking expats (in
Canada and elsewhere, specially outside North America) to see what is out
there.
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