How to watch world-wide TV for FREE

By Joseph Roten – January 3, 2015 at 16:30 PST (01/04/15 12:30 GMT)

I recently showed a few people how they can watch TV from all over the US and the world on their computers for free, completely legally. In each case the response was something like “I didn't know you could do that!”. So I thought this would be a good subject to share in a blog entry.

There are a number of very well advertised web sites were you have to pay to view. But there are also a large number of web sites were you can view TV stations for free, completely legally.

When you install Linux Mint, it already comes with everything you need to do this. There is no need to install anything extra.

What to do with this error window

Note: If you get this error when you try to view a TV station, just click on “Activate Adobe Flash”, and then on “Allow and Remember”. That will solve the problem.

Full screen vs Minimised window

All the screen captures I'm showing in this blog entry are of the video windows minimized. In each case, there is an icon at the bottom of the window to enlarge them to full screen. Pressing the [esc] key on your keyboard will minimise them again.

http://wwitv.com

Click on the link above to go to the WWITV web site. From here you can watch free live TV from all over the world; USA, France, Japan, Canada, Spain, etc.. The stations are organized both by country, and by content; Movies, News, Local TV, Lifestyles, and so forth. Many of these stations have content in English as well as the language(s) of the region. This stations list is NOT a complete list of what's available on the Internet, but it is a very good place to start. Note: The screen capture at the top of this blog entry was taken from a French TV station that I got to through the wwitv web site.

http://streema.com/tv/

Click on the link above for Streema. It is very similar to wwitv (above) but does have a few stations listed that wwitv does not, and visa versa. Click on the station icon to bring up the video feed. You might have to scroll down the web page a bit to see the video. For some reason the video on this web site is usually down towards the bottom of the web page. Streema is well worth a visit.

http://www.freeetv.com/

Click on the link above for FreeTV. This web site is very similar to wwitv and Streema, but here again there are a few stations that are not listed on the other websites. I particularly like the Clasic SciFi channel – it's old B movies from the 40's and 50's. This web site also has a nice collection of local TV stations across the US.

http://new.livestream.com/watch

This is the website for LiveStream. It broadcasts live sports events, concerts, news, and live coverage of conferences. There is always something interesting to watch here.

http://www.crackle.com/

Click on the link above for Crackle. This is a limited collection of pre-recorded TV shows and moves for free, but you will have to sit through their advertisements. You might find something you like here.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/w/movie/

Click on the link above to go to the NHK World video feed. This is an Internet TV station coming from Tokyo Japan. It is targeted to foreign audience, so most of their content is in English. It broadcasts news and weather from Japan, travel, culture, nature, music, and cooking shows. To see their schedule, go to http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ustream.html#.VKhw6B3yO8M

This is the public video feed from NASA. NASA has a number of feeds for education and news, but the one above is the one used for live launch broadcasts. To see their schedule and access the other NASA feeds, go to http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html#. Note: Be sure to change the time zone on this web site so the information will be correct for your location.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nascar-live1

This is the NASCAR channel. It is usual just a blank screen. But if there is a race taking place, you can watch it here. Sorry, no pictures of car races to add to the blog.

Full episodes of many popular TV shows can be found for free at these web sites. Check them out.