The other way is to watch channels that are offered as streams for free by using programs such as JLC’s Internet. While the first method is probably not that legal the second is perfectly legal but offers content that is not really mainstream. JLC’s Internet TV has a size of only 138K. Installation takes only a second and the channel list has to be updated from a central server at the first start.

It is quickly populated with more than 1400 channels ranging from regional channels such as Barcelona TV to sport channels such as Backyard Wrestling. Channels are divided into categories such as local, government or sports and all have information about ratings and bitrates while most also have a short description about the content that can be expected.

JLC’s Internet TV has only two requirements. The first one is that you do need the Windows Media Player and Real Player to be able to play all of the channels. Most channels require the Media Player which should be installed on your system to be able to watch them.

The second is a Internet connection that is capable of receiving the data from the servers. This is of course bitrate dependent, I would suggest you simply try it out and see for yourself if the playback is without problems.

I think that these channels offer a great opportunity for many users. This is great if you are interested in a specific topic or want to improve a language for instance. What’s a better way to improve it than to listen to a regional tv station ?

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I will describe three freeware programs that let you connect to channels that stream tv and especially live sports events. This includes all major european football (soccer) leagues, champions league, uefa cup, espn, wrestling, national team matches, boxing matches aso.

You also find regular tv stations like mtv and custom stations like gamers tv there.

PC TV

All you need to watch pc tv is a computer with the latest windows media player and / or real player. A broadband connection is desired for best results. All three programs to watch pc tv have been produced in Asia making it hard to read the websites. Those websites offer tv program lists among other information.

First, let us take a look at some options in media player and real player:

Start the media player, make sure you use the latest version. Right-Click and select Options from the menu. Click on Performance and Change the Buffer Size of Content to 30 seconds.

In real player you select Tools -> Preferences and click on the General -> Playback Settings. The setting Buffer up to 30 seconds is at the bottom of this window.

Stream formats:

mms:// and .asx open with windows media player
rtsp:// and .rm / .ram open with real player

Starting Streams manually:

Sometimes you need to start streams manually. Use the stream formats information to figure out the program to use.

On windows media player choose File -> Open Url or the shortcut ctrl + u
On real player choose File -> Open

PC TV Programs

Sopcast

Download from the above link, unzip, start. A channel list will be displayed. Double-click a channel and windows media player should start and begin buffering and displaying.

Pplive

Just download and run the installation script on pplive. Its all in English, no need to worry. You need the pplive channel list for it, it does not come with a loaded list.

Ppstream

Download from the above location. This one has an installation script that is unfortunatly producing lots of gibberish. The buttons are designed like in every other windows installation script. (left button, choose a directory, 3x middle button). The Channel list is on the left, you see the channel name, the quality of the stream in Kb per second and the users connected to the channel.

If I had to choose one of them I?d defiantly choose ppStream which has the best interface and good user rates and a nice overall stream quality.

Popular PC TV Channels:

Additional Information:

Live Football Streams Schedule

More P2P TV Tools:
Coolstreaming
QLive
TvAnts

Watching PC TV on your computer has never been easier than these days. Users can pick a wide variety of applications that bring pc tv to their computer without having to pay a dime.

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