Android, XBMC, Raspberry PI and Smart TV box sellers
unable to confirm an alternative to Filmon.
This is a post that will appear on a Blog about "Loss of UK TV in Spain, The Big Switch Off"
Story written by Jeremy Stenton-Jones Google+
Having
shown this thread to several people this morning, we are all of the opinion
that there is no real similar alternative to Filmon.
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A certain
company was recently discussing a new way of using the Filmon stream to provide
a local supply of UK channels via a dedicated local server that was going to be
available in a "open source" manner with no money changing hands and
advising people to purchase a Raspberry PI or Android type of media player to
access the stream using an offshoot of XBMC that allows people to access BBC,
ITV etc via Filmon and also free streams that contain pirated movies and in
some cases certain popular sports channels and TV shows and Documentary
channels etc.
When we
asked “What would happen if Filmon shut down?” we experienced a similar
response from members of the trade who are pushing this type of box. We did
learn however that the service they are looking to provide will remove the
advertising from the Filmon streams so that you could watch BBC1 or ITV for
example without any annoying advertisements popping up.
It was
pointed out to the OP that removing the advertisements was in breach of
contract with Filmon as set out within the Filmon T&C agreement, again no response.
This
discussion took place on a IPTV related Facebook Group and after 2-3 days of
receiving no response the thread was deleted and no longer exists. We now know
that the creator of this Facebook Group is in fact selling and promoting
Raspberry PI solutions.
We would
like to confirm that during the 2-3 days that the thread existed we where
subjected to various nasty comments and ridiculed in the same manner as we have
on this thread. The question remains what is the alternative to Filmon? and
Jamie who said and I quote “In any case, there are alternatives to FilmOn.
Those alternatives are already installed in the internet set-top boxes that I
use” This question has still not been answered. We wonder
why? as do 500 members of a certain Facebook Group.
Whilst
everyone is entitled to an opinion, it is often the case that people who do not
want to answer your questions are hiding something and resort to petty comments
or aggressive behaviour as they are backed in to a corner.
We simply
cannot and will not stick our head in the sand, total reliance on Filmon as a
source of UK TV is both irresponsible and bad advice in our opinion. As many
people who have been worried about the new Astra 2E footprint possibly leaving
thousands without UK TV are sold a system that may or may not work.
With many
of them holding stock of this type of box that relies on spare bedroom internet
pirates and illegal Singapore based Sports streamers that seem to come and go
on a weekly basis to hardcore major league pirate organisations such as
Piratebay, Pootlocker, Icefilm and Movie4K all now muscling in on a share of
the IPTV pirate movie streaming services many sensible satellite engineers that
we know in the trade have been tempted to the dark side of the Industry and are
now openly marketing and promoting
the use of these services from people unknown and that may disappear tomorrow.
We have
been shocked at how many usually whiter than white satellite tv engineers have
embraced this typoe of Pirate TV service and even started to promote it on
Facebook and various forums.
In a
recent UK court case a 25
year old computer geek called Richard O’Dwyer was arrested under instructions
from the U.S Justice Department by British Police at his University in Sheffield having been the creator and founder of a Pirate
website that promoted links to other websites that allowed computer users
access to often unreleased movies and TV shows. He was arrested and had a long
drawn out court case as he fought an extradition battle with U.S Justice
Department’s legal team in the UK.
Eventually it was
challenged that the U.S Justice Department had no jurisdiction as the website
that O’Dwyer registered was a UK based
website hosted on British servers. On 28 November 2012, it was announced
that O'Dwyer and the US
had reached an agreement to avoid extradition, and all charges had been dropped.
Judge Sir John Thomas called the outcome "very satisfactory"
adding, "It would be very nice for everyone if this was resolved happily
before Christmas". This was taken
from Wikipedia the inverted commas are exactly as where shown on Wikipedia
before anyone says anything.
Back to Filmon....
You will
have read in our earlier posts that Filmon who actually streams live TV to your
PC, Ipad, IPTV Box, Android box or XBMC platform are inevitably going to be
subjected to continued attention from numerous Media giants such as Sony, CBS,
HBO, BBC, ITV, CH4, CH5 and many production Companies chasing claims of
copyright breaches.
When
Jamie posted this;
“In any case, there are alternatives to FilmOn.
Those alternatives are already installed in the internet set-top boxes that I
use”
We became
very exited as this would at least provide a couple of fall back positions,
however it now looks like this was simply hot air and designed to confuse
people in to making a purchase that may leave them “High & Dry” should
Filmon be shut down.
The past
12 months have been bad enough for many people worrying about the possible loss
of UK TV on the Costa del Sol and Portugal without selling a system
that would ultimately leave people in a similar position should Filmon
disappear.
If you want a reliable internet based solution to watching UK TV we can supply you the best solution using the best equipment such as the MAG-250
This is an excellent demonstration video that shows you just how easy the MAG-250 is to use.
This is the easiest IPTV box to use.
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618 585 051
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