Given all the
amazing video content available online for free or for very little money, I
simply cannot fathom ever paying for a cable TV service. Movies, television
shows old and new, the daily news, recorded comedy stand-up specials, and live
sports are all available via the Internet, not to mention the ever-growing
cache of home videos featuring adorable cats, puppies, hedgehogs,
and other precious creatures riding Roombas. The Internet is awesome—and I mean that it literally
leaves me in awe.
Where can you
find all this great stuff to watch?
Note: All the sites and services mentioned in this
article appear in a complete list on the final page of this article, alongside
some additional resources. You're welcome!
Specific
Networks and Television Shows (Free)
When there's a current television show that you want to watch as close
to the release date as possible for free, start by going to show's or host
network's website. For example, PBS can quench your Downton Abbey craving, or you can let your kids get their
fill of Bert and Ernie from a selection of rotating videos on SesameStreet.
Each night's episode of The Daily Show is posted on TheDailyShow the
next day. Modern Family appears on ABC.Go shortly after airing, and so on and so forth. Likewise NBC, CBS, and Fox all have limited
content to view for free right on their sites.
New episodes
usually don't have a long shelf-life though (networks often take them down
within a few days), and not every show is available online for free. So this
method works only for specific series that you want to follow actively and plan
to watch as within a few days of a new episode airing.
All these
options are free, and there are many more ways to pay to view specific
television shows, which I've included in the next section.
Specific Shows
and Movies (Paid)
When you've
exhausted your free options and can't find the specific television show you
want to watch (in a legal way), you can turn to either à la carte services or
subscriptions.
With iTunes (the software is free; prices for content vary), you
can buy single episodes as well as season packs of thousands of television
shows for a few dollars. You'll often see an option to rent the content instead
to save a little bit of money. When you buy television episodes or movies
through iTunes, you can download them and watch them offline, which is good to
know if you want to save a video to an iOS device and watch it while on a
flight without having to pay for Wi-Fi. You can watch iTunes content on any device
that can connect to your Apple account. [Source]
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