Foreign Perspectives

There are hundreds of TV channels being broadcast over the Internet, if only you could find them.

Internet TV isn’t an overlly easy thing to track down as it’s generally buried in the midst of the normal websites for people like the BBC, CNN and, of course, a whole host of shopping channels. However, Freedom TV have made a sterling effort in collecting a vast number of these different channels and making over 2000 of them available in one spot.

It’s a fantastic resource if you’re interested in learning a foreign language as you’ve access to channels from over 70 countries around the world. In many cases you’ll get the news channels which are ideal for learning a language. If you’d rather just stick to English, there’s loads of choice from all over the world although not always of great quality as you’d expect from what’s effectively an Internet version of satellite TV.

As the video is coming over your Internet connection, you really need a sensible speed of connection. They say that anything from a 28.8k modem upwards will work and it may well be but the problem that I generally find is that the speed at which the TV station is sending out the video drops dramatically at different times of the day which in practical terms means that the range of stations available to you varies throughout the day.

It’s great to see all the stations in one place but I think it’ll be a year or two before the various components are in place to make it a fully viable option for all of your TV needs.

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