Journalist 894 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 It appears the CBC doubled down on the "TV Everywhere" trend and soft-launched their 'CBC TV' platform. Right now, they are offering complete livestreams of all their over-the-air television stations (a brand new feature) and instant VoDs for free. CBC is also offering a premium plan (also brand new feature) - $5/month will give you a livestream of CBC News Network, and will remove ads on VoDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Surprised the news network is behind a paywall, but the broadcast stations not being so definitely fits with their remit and social obligations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 It appears the CBC doubled down on the "TV Everywhere" trend and soft-launched their 'CBC TV' platform. Right now, they are offering complete livestreams of all their over-the-air television stations (a brand new feature) and instant VoDs for free. CBC is also offering a premium plan (also brand new feature) - $5/month will give you a livestream of CBC News Network, and will remove ads on VoDs. Let me guess, seen in Canada only, right? Its geo-blocked here in the States? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 Let me guess, seen in Canada only, right? Its geo-blocked here in the States? Yep, geo-locked to Canada. Also, users can timeshift between different CBC stations across the country. That's neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1679 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I got one of those fancy VPNs as well. But can’t figure out how to open the Canadian App Store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED2 144 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 It's nice that CBC has the live streams of all its 14 O&O stations wide open. Currently, CTV/CTV Two and Global require cable subscriptions to watch online. Then there's Citytv. They haven't gotten on the TV everywhere wagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I got one of those fancy VPNs as well. But can’t figure out how to open the Canadian App Store. You either have to change your account from US to Canadian (must have a zero balance on your account), or (do like I did for iTunes UK) and create a separate account with a different email address... I used an old iPad for that content, or could switch the logon on my AppleTV to access that content. You may need to have the device behind the VPN, so that the device doesn't provide GPS location based on your physical location, vs. "perceived" VPN location. Channel 4 UK updated their app at one point which rendered the app useless outside the U.K., but I could still stream via a web browser. I haven't tried in a while, so no insight what still works. Thank goodness my German TV isn't geoblocked (except for sports programming and Hollywood movies)... J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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