subject: Who Can Watch Tv Shows Online Free? [print this page] But it is, indeed, astonishing that internet TV is streaming live on many cellphones these days. Who would ever have predicted that it would be possible to watch TV shows online free, particularly on a telephone that you carry around in your pocket?
So, is that "free?" Is it really free if you have to sit through constant commercial interruptions? The average 30-minute situation-comedy today only consists of 17 minutes of programming. The other 13 minutes are spent trying to convince the viewer that they can't live without this or that product.
But the public has been conditioned to such merchandizing. Research shows that most Americans simply tune it out. Today's youth consider most advertising to be lies. So, is it really offensive if the usual commercials are gone -- but the viewer has to wait for a 30-second "word from our sponsor" before the Internet-provided TV program play? Online television won't survive, after all, unless the broadcasters can make a profit.
So, let's say we can over look the commercials. How does Internet TV work? Current providers are using various developing technologies. In Great Britain, BBC makes use of a very common player downloadable and provided without charge by its developer. Bloomberg Television, Showtime and CNBC use another software for their live streaming services.
