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- digg it
- BarneyFife, on 10/12/2007, -16/+8this is cool. some of the stations just seem to have music, but it's free! :)
- dirtmaster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26loading...
problem loading page - jerrysizzler, on 10/12/2007, -6/+87well, we should all just try again. repeatedly. just keep clicking reload. constantly.
that's sure to help. - Breakpoint25, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29thats down for me
I like http://www.ChannelKing.com as a free Cable Tv site - Submerge, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6Thanks Breakpoint! Great site Bookmarked it
- camgirl, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18http://www.chooseandwatch.com/ is much much better - it also has adult channels
- GrantTheGr8, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3@jerrysizzler: Why keep clicking reload when Firefox can do it for you automatically?... every 5 seconds!
- krinthekuz, on 09/16/2008, -5/+4another one of these pops up every week, dies for a week after getting diggslammed, and then probably gets a cease/desist letter after it comes back up.
face it, this is not legal yet, and won't be for a while. - jedikv, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1good while it lasted
- DiggChainey, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3this is on diggs front page about once per month... It doesn't work.. Its obviously gamed spam...
- syco123, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5How about the rooftop next to the stadium, the TV section in Best Buy, standing in the entrance of a sports bar or going to your friends house for every game and never ever contributing.
cheapskate. - sniplam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2site is a little spammy - for a directory it sure has lots of ads. Anyways, try this one: http://www.freetube.us.tc - click entertainment>Fox / NBC / AXN / BBC 1 / CNN / BBC News / ABC News / Al Jazeera English / CBC / CP24 (City TV Toronto) / Sci-Fi Channel (aka SPACE)
according to the news (haven't checked it out entirely), but apparently they have a "TV Guide" system that lets you know what your watching - much much better if it has this.
- dirtmaster, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26loading...
- acesomeone, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Idd, a great idea :)
- DiggChainey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I like http://tvgush.com at least it works
- lanFlem, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1That's just a digg like site for youtube videos. I think a better version of this is http://www.FreeTube.us.tc
- wisedude, on 10/12/2007, -19/+6and completely illegal :)
- funkymonkey68, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18and completely not working.
- aandn1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I made this list with a few working channels (mostly good news channels). Check it out here:
http://aandnb.googlepages.com/home
- aandn1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I made this list with a few working channels (mostly good news channels). Check it out here:
- BumbyKnuckles, on 10/12/2007, -32/+9This is a repeat site it was on here a few months ago so no digg for you buddy
- jerrysizzler, on 10/12/2007, -17/+11BumpyKnuckles, prove it.
Not that I doubt you, but you should cite your friggin' source! - DDoSAttack, on 10/12/2007, -3/+45@jerrysizzler
Here I'll do it for them...
191 days ago:
http://digg.com/tech_news/English_online_TV_webcasts_directory,_ranked_by_popularity
175 days ago:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Streamick_-_Watch_TV_online_free_TV_broadcast_directory
156 days ago (front page):
http://digg.com/tech_news/The_first_Free_Online_TV_channels_aggregator._Watch_TV_on_web
113 days ago (front page):
http://digg.com/tech_news/Watch_Streaming_TV_Online_for_Free_HBO_ESPN_ABC_etc
42 days ago:
http://digg.com/tech_deals/How_to_get_free_streaming_live_cable_TV_without_paying_a_dime
34 days ago:
http://digg.com/tech_deals/Watch_live_tv_shows_online_for_free
31 days ago:
http://digg.com/tech_news/From_on_demand_video_clips_to_Live_video_feeds
20 days ago:
http://digg.com/television/Streamick_the_easiest_way_to_watch_live_TV_online_and_yes_it_s_Free
3 days ago:
http://digg.com/tech_news/Free_cable_TV_over_the_web - wimax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7missed one:
20 days ago
http://digg.com/tech_news/Thousands_of_International_TV_Channels_Being_Added_Online
- jerrysizzler, on 10/12/2007, -17/+11BumpyKnuckles, prove it.
- chaser324, on 10/12/2007, -21/+3The site seems to be dead. It also happens to be illegal so *buried*
- topmounter, on 10/12/2007, -20/+2LOL... 47 diggs and it's already down!!!
- theworldisround, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2LOL OMGZ!
- jerrysizzler, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17cool.
hopefully it'll be able to dodge the MPAA, RIAA, and whoever else...that is, if it survives the digg effect...- mitrovarr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9It won't. I have yet to see a streaming TV server that Digg (or Slashdot, Fark, or Metafilter) can't cheerfully demolish within five minutes.
- lanFlem, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6http://www.freetube.us.tc
http://www.getdemocracy.com/
http://www.fireant.tv/
http://www.tvants.com
http://www.neeptv.com/
http://www.peekvid.com
http://tvlinks.videedeedoo.com
- MoladoGuy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8gone. but it does work similar to Comcast. It should be back up in 3hrs or maybe I gotta pay a few months ahead! Oh well!
- ryanschmidt, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2HAHA. down.
- Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Connection to server www.streamick.com failed (The server is not responding.)
Brilliant site! - Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -6/+22This isn't cable TV, it's an aggregation of Internet news feeds. Buried. Inaccurate.
- jerrysizzler, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17you're right, because a title like "compenduim of aggregate streaming video programs" would really grab that front page!
oh wait, you were just hoping for Lifetime and Oxygen, weren't you? - AlanKc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4It doesn't show Scifi! Marked as lame..
- jerrysizzler, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17you're right, because a title like "compenduim of aggregate streaming video programs" would really grab that front page!
- HardwareLust, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Hmm...Digg effect already? I could only get one channel to work (ABC)
I have high hopes for this one...Sky News and BBC 24/7 would be a good thing!- lanFlem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2For sky news try http://www.freetrube.us.tc or http://www.freetube-tv-online.uni.cc/index.html
- GeneralSun, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1dugg already, darn.
- funkymonkey68, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Why are people still digging this even though the site doesn't even work...
- sxtxixtxcxh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10to check it later.
- tagawa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6To bookmark it for later.
(Sorry for the double post, sxtxixtxcxh (is that your real name?) beat me to it)
- Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1You're not missing much if all you wanted to watch is BBC News 24.
- HardwareLust, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Not as much as you would "miss" watching ABC/CBS/NBC/CNN/MSNBC/Fox "news"/etc...
- martin77, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2why would you want to watch any other news channel ?
- russvan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow, this is exactly like viidoo.com, I could watch illegal networks around the world for about a month, and it was the coolest thing ever....until....it got diggf-cked within minutes of the article being created.
- fujiyama17, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1great idea... if the site worked
- lanFlem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Try http://www.freetube.us.tc (found via earlier digg page), it's like streamick but most of the channels seem to work on this one for me. And it has Fox/NBC - so you can watch heroes and prison break today, or on Sundays you can catch the NFL starters before Simpsons (7pm Eastern)
- vniow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Ah, the monthly free cable internet video digg story...
- emehrkay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Site is not working, but check out tvuplayer it's pretty cool. I watch nbatv on it
- maccam912, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Hm... I got to it. I DID get a few "not found" pages but I used the auto-refresh option and just left the page open, eventually I got to it. Ya, it takes a few tries to get to it for me, but so far it seems to be worth the wait.
- Submerge, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Seems like the site is down, here's an alternative.
http://www.channelking.com- maccymac, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5http://channelchooser.com
http://chooseandwatch.com
http://5tvs.com
http://4tv.com - maccymac, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23More sites from comments from previous Internet TV posting:
Internet TV aggregators
List of free internet TV aggregators networks:
http://www.tv4all.com/
http://www.medinalia.com/
http://www.live-online-tv.com/
http://www.freetube.co.nr/
http://www.neeptv.com/
http://www.tvfreeload.com/
http://www.peekvid.com/
http://www.blip.tv/
http://www.worldtvpc.com
http://www.omgfreetv.com/
http://freetube.us.tc/
free software for watching TV over internet
http://www.coolstreaming.us
http://www.cybertelly.com/
http://www.tvunetworks.com/
http://www.getdemocracy.com/
http://www.fireant.tv/
http://www.pplive.com/
http://www.ppstream.com/
http://www.streamerone.it
http://www.ppmate.com/
http://www.sopcast.org/
http://www.tvkoo.com/
http://www.tvants.com/
http://www.zattoo.com/
http://itv.mop.com/ - camgirl, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1http://www.chooseandwatch.com/ is the best
- Darthmalt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5And this is the real reason I dugg this story. Not for the site itself but for the other links people were sure to post.
- wimax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1missed one..
- DelMonte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hey camgirl, do you work for chose&watch?
Looks like it, by looking at your comment history. Your nickname is especially suspicious...
Your #1 story is: "Digg.com: news or free advertising?"
I guess for you it's free advertising? I hope you get banned...
- maccymac, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5http://channelchooser.com
- HermanCarson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Yeah...didn't work.
- xptweakerntn, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1why do people put sites they find on here? it kills anything that has anything to do with streaming anything. if you find it, don't digg it!
- carapi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Gee? Is it Monday already? I guess it is time for hte weekly front page post of a TV on the web site that 1. Never works well to begin with, and 2. will get taken down in a few hours.
See you next Monday! - xmylox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5This has been on digg before and it's never worked. Here's further proof that people digg stories without ever reading them...
- lanFlem, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0DoodlesMcPooh is right sadly. I visited the site and if you click on the webcam part there's some links and camera stuff that had really nasty stuff. Plus the ads on that site flash in Maxathon, so I had to use firefox and even then the site was really slow loading and just had way too many ads.
- camgirl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2http://www.chooseandwatch.com/ is much much better - it also has adult channels
- DoodlesMcPooh, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3http://www.chooseandwatch.com has ***** kiddie porn in the adult cams they need to reported and lock up for a very long time!
- camgirl, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3you are just sick!!!
- fleischner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Thanks maccymac!
- Zidul, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0start / stop doesnt work on firefox, great...
- striker1211, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Every week or two there is an online TV station progam that has all these great channels like NBC and CBS etc etc... idk how this exclusive stuff leaks it aint like they broadcast their channels over the air.
- mbolgian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3haha i'm using the internet!
- camgirl, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1hahahahaha those loosers think that they are streaming but have too weak server even for people to visit their website - what a loosers. The original one and the first website with TV channels was http://www.chooseandwatch.com/ all others are just cheap copies on too week servers
- DelMonte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2camgirl, you're the loser, using digg as a spam machine... I'll make sure you get banned soon.
- Smeed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3We see something like this every week. They all suck. We are all very aware of the fact that we can get free TV.
Im holding my breath for the digg down, please feel free. - funkymonkey68, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It shut down aero, lame.
- kevnaca, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Omg these articles are pathetic. They are not live streaming tv networks; tv networks being abc,nbc,cbs, etc., you know the usual on broadcast tv. So far the only app on the internet that can pull this off is tvu player
- MaxSteele, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You don't consider BBC One a "live streaming TV network"?
For everyone saying: "This site doesn't work".... Yeah, it does. I'm watching BBC1 *right now*. The feed has a black bar at the top showing the date and time:
7:50:13 28-11-06
And then the time in the show is showing 6:50am - obviously the feed timer is an hour off for Daylight Saving time from wherever it's capturing it from.
Is this legal? No way at all. But I'm watching morning BBC One news right now.
- MaxSteele, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You don't consider BBC One a "live streaming TV network"?
- beerhuffer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1old.
- casemac, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0How is this site legal? Are there commercials? I dont see how this place can be legal when so many companies pay a lot of money for advertisements.
- nichenet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How is it not legal? All this site, and the hundreds like it out there are doing is aggregating free internet tv streams provided by service providers, essentially in the same way Yahoo links to sites. There is a program out there called TVU (or similar) that is illegally ripping free to air and rebroadcasting it via a bittorrent like structure, but this site isn't like that at all...now if only I could get something quicker than 2mb cable so when I watch these channels I don't get buffering issues :-)
- sniplam, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1true, but tvu doesn't rip them - users do and it comes direct from these links but its load balanced so bandwidth is better. But then again you also have the problem of installing windows only software which contains adware (note: adware not spyware). This site isn't amazing but there are better sites then this one. Try
http://digg.com/tech_deals/FreeTube_Watch_TV_shows_and_Live_TV_for_FREE
- xamox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The interface is goidy and it uses Windows Media player. No thanks I'll pass.
- taalais, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0I better choose http://www.lordoftv.com
- Dajad, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1FYI, I blogged about this on my iMedia law site here:
http://daledietrich.com/imedia/2006/11/28/internet-tv-aggregators-are-popping-up-like-dandelions/
In light of the fact that iCrave TV was quickly shut down in 2003 over a very similar service, I would expect NAB and the MPAA to bring the full wrath of the law down on these sites - to the extent they can, and to the extent they can't due to being located offshore, Congress will be lobbied for trade sanctions against the countries that host them as was the case with AllofMP3.com.
...Dale - Guspaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Bah, I just want a site that offers the US SciFi network, since it's not available in Canada.
- SwordofKahless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One wonders how they affording the bandwidth. Considering these sites are not well known I have doubts the Ads running are covering bandwidth costs.
- stephbites, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0very cool put it in my favorites :)
- deanshultz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Worked just fine for me...so far.
- klopklop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Streamick is just a ripp-off from http://wwitv.com/portal.htm (the Mother of all Internet TV sites! wwiTV doesn't look as fancy as streamick, but it has ALL TV stations!
- aandn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I made this list with a few working channels. Check it out here:
http://aandnb.googlepages.com/home - tohytone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Try Youtube powered web TV from http://mytube.atspace.com
- docsharp76, on 03/07/2008, -0/+0Excellent article and comments.
I think cable television is becoming extinct and will eventually be replaced by
satellite TV which is becoming the norm, especially in locales outside the United States.
http://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com - jim0bob, on 03/20/2008, -0/+0Have a look at http://www.watchonbroadband.com they have loads of free TV stations from around the world listed.
- degashe, on 09/12/2008, -0/+0I m watch Here
http://www.80millionmoviesfree.com
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