The Internet is often a place where unlicensed television shows are easy to watch, albeit through websites offering streaming, torrents or USENET.
Recently, many websites have started to show shows free online but do so in a legal fashion, paying for the shows using advertisements.
Different websites seem to work in different jurisdiction but it is fair [...]
Watch TV online legally
Torrent Episode Downloader
TV Shows are one of the most popular media that get downloaded from Bittorrent. It’s very handy for viewing missed episodes of a favorite tv show or to view tv shows in their original language and not the translated version that fails to catch the spirit of the original show. I don’t want to talk [...]
Windows Media Center blocks TV Show recordings on request
The last days were filled with news that Windows Media Center users were not able to record several NBS TV shows including American Gladiators and Medium. Forums and websites were filled with speculations until an email from a Microsoft representative to News.com clarified the issue.
According to that email Microsoft adheres to broadcast flags included in [...]
Adobe Media Player
My first though was “Oh no, not another media player”. Adobe Media Player is based on the Adobe Air plattform which has to be installed before the media player can be installed.Think of flash for the desktop and you are more or less there. The interior of the media player reminds me a lot about [...]
Hulu now publically available kind of
Hulu has left private beta and is now publically available to US-consumers which is definitely a good thing. Users can just go and visit the official Hulu website and browse the contents and play anything they like in their browser. Hulu does have a good selection of movies and tv episodes from popular media companies [...]
How many video players do we need ?
My initial answer was one – of course – but then I realized that it is not that easy to answer. One video player is enough to play most videos on my computer, I use SMPlayer for this purpose. But what about all those video portals from tv companies or other companies that rent or distribute videos online ? It is beginning to get a little messy now.
Watch Documentaries Online
It seems that more and more specialized websites appear that list videos from sites such as Youtube and Google Video. At the beginning websites that would post lists of tv shows and movies were the most common ones and they are still very popular. Other websites emerge now that only list anime, sports or music videos.
