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Digital TV (No subscription costs once set up costs paid) See Wiki for full listing

1. Freeview Official website Click here for what channels (TV and radio) you can get (roughly 100! but they are SD - Standard Definition) Check Radio&Telly too for info

Tweets Latest news on Freeview TV Interference from 4G Useful FAQs

2. FreeSat Read about the free digital TV service which requires no subscription, just a satellite dish, cable and Freesat box

See Freesat channel list 170 channels Freesat News Tweets

Google Chromecast Great plug-in device (£30) for your TV allowing cast connectivity with tablet and mobile

VideoOnDemand news from Digital Spy - Discuss online entertainment services

Another option is to buy a Media box e.g. Sony Playstation which will stream media content from your PC to display on TV and play 'On-Demand TV' (see below). Click Pricerunner for available media centres

STREAMING on PC / TABLET / MOBILE PHONE

1. BBC iPlayer BBC Player enabling catch-up of BBC TV and as of Feb.2011 supports search for ITV and Channel 5

2. YouView Now available, after much delay, from various broadband suppliers

3. MSN Player Same as BBC iPlayer

4. CBS TV.com US Channel currently only showing Channel 5 content (below) but more to follow apparently

5. ITV Hub Same as BBC iPlayer, but for ITV

6. My4 Same as BBC iPlayer, but for Channel 4

7. My5 Same as BBC iPlayer, but for Channel 5

8. Sky Go Same as BBC iPlayer - but requires registration, offers 40 channels

9. Sky Glass Streaming service from £13/month

10. UKTV Channels include Dave, Really, Yesterday, Drama

STREAMING on TV (IPTV)

1. Netflix On demand service from well established US company from £5.99/month

2. Amazon Prime Instant Video (was Lovefilm) On demand streaming service for £79/year of movies and TV shows or pay £5.99/month

3. NOW TV Buy separate Sky TV bundles using NOW TV box e.g. £7.99 Entertainment. Monthly contract

4. TalkTalk TV Option to rent and own TV shows and movies (from 99p) as well as bundle with broadband

5. Virgin Digital TV through fibre-optic cable from Virgin

6. Android TV (was Google TV) Available now in UK. it's brilliant! (stock discontinued??)

7. BT Vision Available with BT Total broadband package - not free

8. Mubi On demand movies service from firm that used to rent DVDs from £7.99/month

9.Rakuten Part of Play.com company offering TV/movies for £5.99/month as well as pay as you go. Some content free!

10. HBO Now US streaming service for $15/month on Apple devices

11. Apple TV 4K Watch through box from £179

12. Facebook Watch Watch free videos - similar service to Youtube

13..Britbox On demand service from BBC and ITV from £5.99/month

14..Disney Plus On demand service from £7.99/month

15..Paramount Plus On demand service from £6.99/month

Future of TV which lists one of them as....................

hbbTV Read about 'Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV' a pan-European initiative

Radio Times What's On TV? Genome Project See TV and radio editions going back to 1920s

BBC TV TV Cream All your favourite TV programmes from the past - Beware as this site is very addictive British News Pathe (Archive - requires registration) 3500 hours of archive footage between 1896 and 1970

Worldwide TV 2000 stations

TV links below are .ram files that play on RealOne Player

Radio

Radio Garden This site is brilliant!

Want to listen to Digital Radio? BBC Sounds Find radios for sale at Radio Now

Radio Fail Snippets of radio when it goes wrong

Podcasts BBC podcasts (listening to radio shows on mobile devices)

British Podcast Awards

BBC Radio 1 Listen live! BBC 1Xtra Listen live!

BBC Radio 2 Listen live!

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