The only problem with Bablegum is the fact that it's got almost nothing interesting to watch. I've scanned all of the channels available and it's mostly Euro-centric media and is relatively uninteresting. I understand they're working on niche markets first but in order for that to work, they need to have interesting niche market content. The UI of the player could also use some serious work. I like the "less is more" aspect however, the controls leave a lot to be desired.
The main problem I have with all of these outfits, except for Zattoo and Miro, is the lack of Linux support. Out of all of them I would at least expect Joost to have a Linux-based client given Skype's widespread adoption on Linux platforms.
David Mackey
· 2 years ago
Thanks for the summary. I was familiar with most of these providers - but not with Vuze, which looks worth a second glance.
Ryan
· 2 years ago
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Morgo
· 2 years ago
How is RealPlayer considered a TV app? It's just a media player, and a really bad one at that (too many adverts). And then theirs the sites
Zattoo: Also available on the University of Michigan's Ann Arbor Campus.
It really is great and for a while they were offereing ESPN, FoodTV, and HBO 2, in addition to a few University produced stations.
nard
· 2 years ago
JumpTV.com has been there for awhile, but they have mainly been involved in the international TV stuff. recently though, they have started to shift towards an ad-supported model for the US, and they have quite alot of stuff available at the moment for free to US people, like Aljazeera English. their recent acquisition of Xos looks to be pretty promising too in terms of sports content
ChannelKing is crap, there's nothing to review besides a 2nd rate site designed to profit off of some stolen video streams. You're site is just another site amongst the rubble of garbarge made-for-profit spam out on the Internet. It's sad that you even consider your site Internet TV which it most certainly is not. Get a real job, and quit your crappy sites.
flora
· 2 years ago
Zattoo has good quality, and also has good presence in Switzerland 30+ channels with Swiss , German, French and British channels as well as CNN. Unfortunately I have had problems with saturation of their bandwidth. I.e. during popular TV shows I get messages saying that there are too many people connected.
Charles
· 2 years ago
You are missing the BBC's iPlayer, which launches today. Only for BBC content, but they do have the largest archives of any media organisation in the world.
As the iPlayer only comes out tomorrow, we haven't had a chance to get our hands on it yet (we tried to get in on the Beta). But, rest assured, we'll have a review a.s.a.p.
Matt
· 2 years ago
Unfortunately iPLayer from the BBC doesn't supprt Vista - how short sighted
Sandie
· 2 years ago
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Thanks for the list. I hadn't heard of four of them. I have a nice companion follow up that's about where to catch TV and movies you want to watch. Tons of video sharing sites out there. Who's got the most sought after content?
Randy Handy
· 2 years ago
Concerning iPlayer and Windows Vista:
"A condition of approval from the corporation's governing body, the BBC Trust was that "platform neutrality be achieved as soon as possible" with reviews every six months".
A version for Mac OS X could be available in autumn, with versions for Windows Vista and mobile devices to follow, the BBC has said in the article link provided.
Hey this is a really cool review of so many sites. Didn't know there were so many out there! http://www.fantasy-tv.com is a great free online one to watch.
dwb
· 1 year ago
Great reviews, however, I was hoping to find comments on actual Internet TV applications - something to take all the content thats out there and schedule it for playout to produce the 'sit back and watch' experience we all want.
The only thing I've found that looks interesting is http://www.ji-tu.tv who seem to be about to release a system that will do just that.
Will watch them closely.
Any more out there that will do this for me?
smashing
· 1 year ago
@dwb...
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The main problem I have with all of these outfits, except for Zattoo and Miro, is the lack of Linux support. Out of all of them I would at least expect Joost to have a Linux-based client given Skype's widespread adoption on Linux platforms.
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It really is great and for a while they were offereing ESPN, FoodTV, and HBO 2, in addition to a few University produced stations.
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As the iPlayer only comes out tomorrow, we haven't had a chance to get our hands on it yet (we tried to get in on the Beta). But, rest assured, we'll have a review a.s.a.p.
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"A condition of approval from the corporation's governing body, the BBC Trust was that "platform neutrality be achieved as soon as possible" with reviews every six months".
A version for Mac OS X could be available in autumn, with versions for Windows Vista and mobile devices to follow, the BBC has said in the article link provided.
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The only thing I've found that looks interesting is http://www.ji-tu.tv who seem to be about to release a system that will do just that.
Will watch them closely.
Any more out there that will do this for me?
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The service is available in 6 languages and you can use it in lots of different ways. A cool Flash map of the World lets you click and zoom on different countries and see top 40 lists of channels from people in those places. You can also search, manage and curate your own personal collection of favourite videos, and share them with others.
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