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cruzer001
July 12th, 2019, 02:09 PM
Check this out (restricted to the US)

https://puffer.stanford.edu/
TheFu
July 12th, 2019, 02:31 PM
Interesting and perhaps educational research gets around the legal problems which exist in re-streaming broadcast TV within the USA.

A few companies have been heavily fined for doing something similar. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/business/media/supreme-court-rules-against-aereo-in-broadcasters-challenge.html Basically, just because content is free, doesn't mean that anyone can take that content and provide it without compensating the original broadcasters. At least, that's how I understand the SCOTUS ruling.

The 6 to 3 decision handed a major victory to the broadcast networks, which argued that Aereo’s business model was no more than a high-tech approach for stealing their content.

I use an antenna and HDHR4 network tuner (https://www.amazon.com/SiliconDust-HDHomeRun-CONNECT-broadcast-2-Tuner/dp/B00GY0UB54/) to get broadcast TV. Get over 90 subchannels locally, which turns into about 15 that have any content of interest, just about the same as paid CATV. ;)
cruzer001
July 14th, 2019, 01:49 AM
It is a nice little service though for those of us living in small town USA.
Frogs Hair
July 14th, 2019, 02:46 AM
Take a look at Pluto TV also, there's no login required though It's not sponsored by a school.
cruzer001
July 14th, 2019, 03:09 AM
Hello Frogs Hair

Yep, got it and half a dozen other freeB sites. Just one more to add to the collection.

Just thought this was neat, maybe I'm just easily impress :)
TheFu
July 14th, 2019, 03:12 AM
There are lots of ad supported streaming networks. Visit justwatch.com to get a feel.

I'm partial to Tubi.tv, Roku, Crackle, IMDB-Free, and most of the broadcast networks have their recent show episodes (about 3-4) the next day, except CBS. ABC delays theirs a week, last time I checked - like when my PVR misses a recording due to signal loss (sunspots).

If you have a roku, there are thousands of options and about 20 that are worth checking out. The content available changes every week. I usually time-shift everything.

And don't forget to see what your library system provides. Mine provides Acorn and some other streaming service for free, though i haven't figured out how to use either outside their android apps.
cruzer001
July 14th, 2019, 03:31 AM
Tubi.tv, Roku, Crackle
Yep, got those too.

IMDB-Free, haven't heard of that one.

Our library has free ebooks, the Library of Congress also has a nice collection of digital material.
cruzer001
July 14th, 2019, 03:55 AM
IMDb.tv

I like it, thanks :)
TheFu
July 31st, 2019, 09:18 PM
US Networks are suing non-profit TV streaming: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/31/20748677/locast-streaming-tv-lawsuit-abc-cbs-fox-nbc
pretty_whistle
August 2nd, 2019, 05:23 AM
US Networks are suing non-profit TV streaming: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/31/20748677/locast-streaming-tv-lawsuit-abc-cbs-fox-nbc

They're only suing Locast.
cruzer001
August 2nd, 2019, 02:59 PM
Watch the football game last night on Puffer, its going to be my goto app for the season.