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This may have been posted before, but I didn't see it.
It's being reported that MSNBC is planning on launching a standalone streaming service this year.
According to a report from Variety, MSNBC is hiring staff to help create the new streaming service. This new service will be made up of original programs created specifically for the new streaming service. While some hosts from MSNBC News will be on the network, dont look for live streams of your favorite MSNBC programs.
https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/msnbc-is-planning-on-launching-a-standalone-streaming-service-this-year/
I was excited about this until I read that it won't have my favorite MSNBC programs. Here's what the article says about that:
Still, this could be interesting. I'll be watching for it, since I'm a cordcutter.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)There are no online-only services that have the content that MSNBC carries.
Jacoby365
(451 posts)It includes several news channels including CNN and MSNBC, but not fox.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)There is PlutoTV, a free channel on Roku. It has an NBCnews/MSNBC combo channel. It runs MSNBC programs after they've aired on tv. The full programs.
There are podcasts.
There are now "live" streaming services...SlingTV for $30 or $35/mo. has 40 channels, including an add-on "news" package that includes MSNBC. The standard lineup also includes CNN.
Then there are other ways best not discussed.
Cordcutting works best, though, when a person can get some broadcast OTA antenna channels. I get all the major networks plus a couple more free OTA.
So I get to watch MSNBC.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)snowybirdie
(5,227 posts)stream live programming on our internet apps plus, listen on podcasts and tune in radio.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Yeah, I found some MSNBC shows on Stitcher...a podcast service.
snowybirdie
(5,227 posts)has MSNBC live for free! Love it!
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)The new streaming service is going to be a video service...live streaming on tv. And different from the regular MSNBC with its own programming. Fox is going to do the same thing.
Lots and lots of MSNBC!
mcar
(42,334 posts)CNN has had it for years. I never understood what MSNBC was waiting for.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)CNN provides a service to its cable subscribers, where you can also stream it. But if you don't subscribe to cable or satellite, you can't get it.
CNN is included in some "live" streaming services, though, like MSNBC and a lot of other networks are. Those services are like cable-lite.
MSNBC is planning on launching its own standalone service, with special programming just for that service. You won't have to be a cable subscriber to access it. You subscribe to the MSNBC streaming service directly.
Fox announced this year that it will be doing this. Disney announced last year that it's going to do it. HBO has its own streaming service, too, called HBOgo, which is different from its service called HBONow, which is a service for its cable subscribers.
mucifer
(23,547 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Is that what they audio stream on their site? Entire programs? I didn't know that. I know they have a lot of video clips of different shows.
mucifer
(23,547 posts)Sometimes I listen to programs that are audio for free on itunes they post them several hours later.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Audio only, there is a delay, but no commercials... This is how I keep current with MSNBC since last year.
One note... Listening to Rachel Maddow (who is awesome) is hypnotic and puts me to sleep every night... You notice her repetition when listening only.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)It's awesome.
But I'm able to see MSNBC right now, so no need for podcasts.
Technology is amazing.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)They have an internet app for listening on your smart phone.