“In last week’s Cord-Cutter Confidential, I highlighted the many streaming video options available to anyone who can mooch a pay-TV password,” Jared Newman writes for Macworld.
“But watching free, streaming video on your television doesn’t have to be a morally dubious enterprise,” Newman writes. “As more people abandon their pay-TV services and the ridiculous prices that go with them, TV networks are putting more of their shows online where you can access them for free (well, you’ll need broadband service and a streaming device or video-game console).”
“You might have trouble getting your TV fix from these apps alone, they’re great supplements to a Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime subscription if you’re cutting the cable cord,” Newman writes. “Here’s a list of networks that offer free streaming video on televisions, what they have to offer, and what hardware they require.”
Read more in the full article here.
IMHO, the problem at this point isn’t primarily a lack of content, it is that there are so many miscellaneous providers with little slices of the overall pie. I guess this is good but it makes finding interesting stuff to watch rather tiresome. With the result that I usually end up watching Netflix or, if there’s something I already know about, Youtube or Vimeo. I *maybe* get to PBS or Smithsonian or the History channel but never any farther.
I agree, I don’t want to have 40 apps to find things or look at an app only to find they’re holding something back. And by the way, Jared Newman loses credibility for “cutting the cord” by encouraging people to steal others’ logins.
Yeah not exactly the greatest workaround solution is it?
Until I can get my live sport events I guess I’m screwed. Damn Direct TV and Pac 12 Network!!! haha
I can guarantee you every live sporting event even PPV only $10 s month. Check out sports access.se and then come talk to me about a box ready to run it and all your movies and TV shows all in one spot.
what difference does it make when the best broadband ISP, mainly comcast, keep raising the rate for their service? You want at least 50mbps? at least $60-70 per month
HD streaming only requires 8-10mbs.
$70/month is a competitive price for 50mbps in the United States.
You BUM! I pay $60 per month for a mere 30mbps!
Thank you NOT TWC dicks.
Try living in Bermuda.
We pay $70 for 10Mbps, lucky to get 7-8Mbps actual.
I believe it. I hear the Fiji islands data rate is challenging. I even recall parts of western Australia being expensive and minimal in bandwidth. I expect downloading via satellite might be OK. But forget about upload speediness.
Sorry, more like an incomplete list.
Apple needs to step in.
Comcast caps residential internet at about 300GB per month. Stream a lot of HD on your Smart TV, Apple TB or Roku and you can hit that easily.
Dunno about others, but 90% of what was once “tv time” is spent on iPad. The Panasonic 50″ plasma just sits there collecting dust, even with an tv connected to it. I’m gonna give it to the grandkids.
You have grand children? Most of us were hoping that you never reproduced.
Comedy Central… selection of full episodes for non-subscribers… South Park…
–> Not any more! 🙁
There are actually a lot more places and methods for finding streams of excellent stuff. But I’m reluctant to share. (I’m not talking about pirated torrents). It does megashare get into veetle a gray hola area. 😉
This is not a cord cutters guide. This is the same go fishing expedition that has existed for a while now. Once there is one place to go to get lots of content free and legal. Then it will be a cord cutters guide but this story isn’t that at all. And the content isn’t guaranteed either. Some shows that you probably already seen might be there but not the latest ones. Can’t wait until some company finally breaks through with a real solution.