Is there any service out there where you can get a business/financial news channel without having a tv subscription? We have a tv in the lobby and that's it, tired of paying for a cable subscription when it sits on CNN all day. Was hoping we could get a firestick or a roku or something and stream CNN, Foxbusiness, bloomerg, SOMETHING without paying for a full cable subscription.
If you have cable at home, those App channels just require you to login under your Xfinity to activate it. I haven't tried with news channels, but it works for sports apps WatchESPN and FSGo. It just goes to a "We will be back shortly" screen for commercials.
Roku definitely has a live feed for Bloomberg, I switch to that and mute it if I'm ever doing a phone interview on a comp day. If Roku has a live feed for Bloomberg, you can probably assume Amazon Fire does and then just compare cost and convenience. Roku you can get at Best Buy but I think I paid $100 or so, and I have no idea how many TVs you can get it on.
As you are operating a legit business, there are no "free" solutions I would recommend. Your most economical option is Playstation Vue for $29.95 or Sling TV for $25.00. Playstation VU is a bit more expensive but people seem to like that a lot more. Playstation Vue gives you up to 5 streams from the same IP address. For a not so legal option, you can sling the channel from home. Or stream it from a pirate site. Or if you have satellite, have a dish installed at the business and bring a receiver from home. This was assuming CNN. Bloomberg is available on Roku and Fire. I would recommend Roku 3 over the Fire. If you do go with Roku 3, keep in mind it has a Wi-Fi direct alternative with no security. Its not a security issue with your network, but people with the right software (or Galaxy phone) can automatically push their phone screen to Roku 3 and interrupt the programming.
You can live stream Bloomberg directly from their website. Just use a $25 Chromecast and you can play it on your tv all day.
Yeah on the options of mirroring the receptionists computer If Apple, get Apple TV If Windows, get Chromecast stick Then it is very easy to display any browser tab you want over the TV. This has the added benefit of allowing Androids and iPhone's/iPads to use the TV as a monitor.
Question: when ppl say Bloomberg comes with Roku/Amazon, are you saying it is packaged free. Or does it just have a free trial and subscription later, like what AppleTV does with the Tennis Channel (for example) If it isn't free, then Apple TV 4 now comes with App Store, so you can install any of these major apps and then subscribe to the content provider
No subscription of any kind on Roku, I think as an ad-based network they don't need to charge for a live feed.