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The other day I had it. I threw up my hands in frustration. Why didn't we just get real tv already? Why does Chromecast give me such a headache? (clarification: it's usually not the Chromecast, but either our network or more often, our macbooks) Why can't I just turn on the news for a minute?

Thus, the list below. I'm already enjoying a livestream of Sky News and the option to flip over to a marathon of That '70s Show. Ah, the familiar background noise of tv... 

We use a (paid) VPN service to access delayed tv, and there are a lot of livestreams available as well; here's the list so far: 

Live Channels:
ABC Live
Click2Houston (Channel 2 Houston News)
MSNBC Live
Al Jazeera Live
Sky News (off VPN)
CNN 
NDTV India
Reuters TV 
Deutsche Welle English
France 24 English
Bloomberg 
Washington Post Live
Comedy Central 
Fox
CBS News
BBC
USTVNow - the free version is good, the paid / HD version is really impressive!

Delayed TV by channel:
NBC (off VPN)
Hulu

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Amazon

What other channels have you found?

Comments

  1. MarkyVAugust 30, 2017 at 11:43 PM

    I'm guessing click2houston got on there 'cause of Harvey?

    Your folks okay?

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    1. anikakAugust 31, 2017 at 3:28 AM

      Indeed... they were so lucky! Kingwood is in pretty bad shape, but their house had no flooding, just lost power. How about yours, are they still in Houston?

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    2. MarkyVSeptember 1, 2017 at 1:00 AM

      Nope. They sold about 18 months ago and moved up to Colorado. The hood is dry tho. The back up from Addicks got to the edge of the subdivision but no further. Amazing to see how far the waters reached. Nothing from growing up ever came remotely close.

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