What is SkitterTV?

[notmyrealname]

Does anyone in the U.S. know anything about the Skitter TV service that was added to the Hub with this latest update? It looks interesting, but when I Googled it, most of the stories that came up where several months old.

[wdtvhub]

http://skittertv.com/register/

Is this not enough info for you ?

Sounds great watching local TV on your TV....is that not what local TV is for....

[notmyrealname]

Just wondering whether anyone's tried it.

[wdtvhub]

Why don't you ? Not trying to be rude...but are you not going to that firmware, or is there another reason.

I am confused by its write up though, usually if you have bad TV reception it means you live in the sticks, and your internet is not usually any better, so I can't get my head round that.. :-)

[ddayton]

i did try to sigh up... it's not available upstate NY.

sigh... 

[mwalker208]

It's not available in my area, but I did find through their facebook page it's available in Portland, OR. It's $15 for 10 local stations. If you don't wanna run an antenna, that's a viable option considering cable company install, more inflated prices, etc. I found it odd though it's their only package offered & only contains local free stations when I saw they are wanting to have local & web stations combined; it seems like the web stations would be easier for them to get access to before the rights to the local stations. I have been waiting for something like this though. I want to spend more cash on faster internet & less cash on content.

facebook/skitter

[TonyPh12345]

Skitter availability appears to be EXTREMELY limitted.

[mwalker208]

It seems to be a new baby. I hope it or one of it's predecessors get their product moving, sounds perfect for me. The hub has made me a huge WD fan & I would love all my content through their apps

[palavering]

Tony is right.  Until recently it was available only in NYC.  I've seen comp[laints that it doesn't deliver stable content, although I read these complaints a month ago.  I also heard that the Networks and local stations are preparing to sue Skitter.tv.  But who knows?

[hawkster27]

DO NOT CLICK ON "LIVE TV" IN THE CURRENT FIRMWARE.  This will take you to a sign-up [if you don't already have an account] for Skitter TV, which is currently only available in NYC, as palavering noted.  Once in the sign-up loop, you are trapped until you turn off the WDTV, and then must power it back on.  Stoopid. OK, not the end of the world, but irritating nonetheless.