You may browse channels by countryor by category. When you find the channel you may instantly start a live stream in its media player. You can see how it works in the demo video below.

Note: Windows Media Player Firefox Plug-in is required as well. If you don’t have the WMP plugin yet then download it from here.

Features:

• Watch TV in browser (currently works with Firefox browser only).
• Offers 2780 live TV Channels.
• Channels are organized by country & category
• Easy and quick installation process.
• Windows Media Player Firefox Plug-in required.
• Free, no registration needed.

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• Viewmy.tv
• VBS: Watch Original Video Content
• TVWeb360: Watch TV Online from your Computer
• TVChannelsFree : Watch Free Live TV Channels Online

Each of its shows consists of several episodes and is accompanied by a detailed description of the series. For instance, the show below, called “Inside Afghanistan with Ben Anderson” consists of 8 separate video episodes covering situation in  Afghanistan after the US-led invasion. There are plenty of other interesting documentaries on VBS that you can watch online.

“Inside Afghanistan with Ben Anderson”

Get an account to access additional features such as messaging other users, creating personal playlists from videos, tracking your comments and receiving email alerts.

Features:

• Online broadcast network that streams original video content with shows that cover domestic and international news, culture and music.
• Each show is a video series that includes several episodes covering a particular event or topic.
• All the videos are produced by its own journalists from international bureaus in 20 countries.
• Network’s creative director is Spike Jonze, an Academy Award-nominated director (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich).
• Content is free to stream. Get a site account to create personal playlists, track your comments and message other users.

Check out VBS @ www.vbs.tv

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• MoviesFoundOnline: Public Domain Movies and Documentaries
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• TopDocumentaryFilms: Watch Cool Documentaries Online
• SnagFilms: Free Library Of Documentaries To Watch Online
• QuickSilverScreen: Stream Movies, TV Channels, & TV Shows

Most of the videos are embedded from Google Video and YouTube. So expect the video quality to be similar to what you get on Youtube. Most of the videos can also be watched in full screen mode.

Video categories include:

# Public Domain
# Movies & Films
# Documentaries
# Cartoons
# TV-Shows
# Entertainment
# Music
# Random Videos

If you not sure where to start then jump to top rated sections. There are top 50 sections both for movies and documentaries. Videos are ranked based on the number of views.

Check out MoviesFoundOnline @ www.moviesfoundonline.com

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• QuickSilverScreen: Stream Movies, TV Channels, & TV Shows
• DocumentaryHeaven: Free Documentary Films

Features:

• Browse sites by name (A-Z Site Index), recently added, popularity.
• Browse sites by category: TOP 100, Movies/TV, Anime, Gen. Viral, Games, Music, Lifestyle etc.
• See ‘Top Full Length Movie/TV Searches’ or ‘Today’s Most Popular OVGuide Sites’.
• Search for full-length movies on all free movie websites at the same time.
• Check out top site searches.

Quick Update: As you have requested we put together our own list of the best websites for watching stuff online. Short and to the point. Only the best websites were included. You can download it here. Enjoy!

Check out OVGuide @ www.ovguide.com

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Now a bit about OpenShield. Apart from accessing Hulu and other US only sites, this program can be used to secure your internet connection and data when connecting through a public hotspot or any other non-secured wireless network.

Quick Update: Several users requested us to put together a short list of the best websites for watching stuff like movies, TV channels and shows. It’s now ready! Download it here. Enjoy!

Check out Hotspot Shield @ www.hotspotshield.com

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(1) Watch TV Shows Episodes Online

Watch your favorite episodes of Family Guy, The Office, The Simspons, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Battlestar Gallactica, Scrubs, House, American Dad and many other TV Shows online for free. You don’t have to pay for anything and can play past episodes at any time.

Other features include:

• Browse TV episodes by Network, Genre (Comedy, Crime, NBA etc.), Popularity or Aphabetically.
• Subscribe to favorite shows in your feedereader.
• Add multiple episodes to playlists and watch all of them together.
• See what’s most popular today, this week, this month and all time favorites.

(2) Watch Favorite Movies Online

In movies section you can jump directly to the movie of your choice or find something to watch by going over the most popular section. Additionaly you can browse movies alphabetically, by genre or even movie studio.

One really cool feature is that you can subscribe to your favorite shows or channels and get notified whenever the new videos are added. Hulu offers feeds that have videos embedded into them so that you can watch them directly from within your primary RSS news reader (i.e. Google Reader). Check out list of available feeds here.

At the moment the service is available only within the United States; access to Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia is on the way. When it comes to other countries here is what Hulu has to say:

Hulu is committed to making its content available worldwide. To do so, we must work through a number of legal and business issues, including obtaining international streaming rights. Know that we are working to make this happen and will continue to do so. Given the international background of the Hulu team, we have both a professional and personal interest in bringing Hulu to a global audience.

If you don’t feel like waiting then I suggest you to check out SurfTheChannel. It can’t compete with Hulu when it comes to quality but has a giant video libray.

Go to Hulu @ www.hulu.com

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• Television Tunes : Theme Songs for your Favorite TV Shows

At the moment this service has about 25 channels, including CBS, Comedy Central (coming soon), MTV, PBS, Nickelodeon (coming soon) and Universal Music group. It’s quite likely that the number of channels will increase over time.

Media Player runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs, and the only requirement it has is Adobe Air. If you don’t have it already you will be prompted to get it while installing the Media Player.

Features

Catalog : Browse and watch new TV shows and popular video podcasts from leading media companies in full screen mode.

Genres: Browse videos by provider or genre (Arts & Culture, Comedy, Education, Entertainment, etc.)

Download and save videos to your hard drive.

My Favorites : Automatically download latest episodes from favorite shows as soon as they are out and available on Adobe Media Player catalog.

New Episodes : Watch new shows and episodes whenever you want, in any order you like.

Personal Videos : Upload and manage your personal video collection from your desktop.

[Video] Interview with Adobe MediaPlayer team

Check out Adobe Media Player @ www.adobe.com/products/mediaplayer/

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Depending on the popularity of the source channel and playing team, the game can be streamed directly from the browser or using one of the offered clients. Though in most cases (at least with Football) you should be able to choose between multiple streaming options and different video quality.

Features:

• Browse sports schedules and get links to watch your favorite games live.
• Watch live Football, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Cycling, Football, Golf, Hockey, Icehockey, Motorsports, Tennis and more.
• Search game schedules by date, team and/or competition.
• See what teams are playing right now.
• Watch live TV channels online: News (BBC, AlJazeera, ABC…), Entertinment, Music, Kids etc.

Quick Update: I was finally put together a short list of the best websites for watching movies, tv shows, anime and documentaries online. Just like many of you have requested. You can download it here. Enjoy!

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