(though it’s a bit odd that they still don’t have any of their own apps TMK).
Why? These other aggregators seem to be more than happy to do the work for them. Seems like pretty smart business to me.
I get your point, & don’t entirely disagree. For a lot of people, though, it’s easier to just bring up the channel you want to watch from your home screen, rather than having to open an aggregator app, wait for it to fully load, then get to the channel you want to watch.
Pretty much all the top free OTT channels (CBSN, WeatherNation, Stadium, etc) have their own apps, even though they’re also on Pluto/STIRR-type services. Many of the top cable networks offer live streaming through their own apps, even though they’re also mostly available on Sling, Vue, DirecTV Now, & the like. It’s all about getting your product out there as many ways as possible, so that as many people find it as possible.
Of course, those of us here would find our way to stream BUZZR anyway, even if it has to be through a third-party app. But we game show geeks aren’t most people.
I decided to check it out on STIRR and so far it hasn't had the buffering issues Pluto has. Has anybody else experienced buffering issues while watching on Pluto?
Occasionally, yes. Most of the time I can watch without it being a problem, but occasionally Pluto starts buffering like crazy.
That seems to be an issue with most streaming at times, though. (And it’s not necessarily an Internet connection issue, because I can tune to something else & it runs fine.) I guess it’s part of the growing pains of Internet TV. Hopefully it will improve as streaming becomes more popular.
The commercial breaks seem to last longer than they should too. Meaning the Pluto banner is up for an extended amount of time.
Really? On the two Pluto channels I've watched (BUZZR and MST3K), the breaks don't seem to last more than a minute or two. Either way, I take the good with the bad here, in that I get BUZZR.
Yeah, I haven’t typically noticed anything odd with the length of their breaks. I think I might have seen once or twice when a show was way late coming back from break, but it was more of a one-time quirk than a repeated thing.
I’m curious,
Pyramid80, what streaming device are you using?