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OP should have provided the http://pluto.tv link, not left everyone else to guess WTF he was talking about.
The link barely provides any more info than the OP did.
Here's some info with screenshots:
http://www.techhive.com/article/2945801/pluto-tv-is-the-best-cord-cutting-app-youre-not-using.html http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/22/6054639/the-genius-of-pluto-tv
Netflix aside, check out Pluto TV. It live-broadcasts channels of collected Youtube videos (not sure if that makes sense).
But the late-night channel is pretty good. And it's mindless, just like old TV -- it just keeps going and going (and eventually repeats itself).
Pluto.tv has a 24/7 channel devoted to puppies and dogs. (There's also a separate channel for kittens but who cares!) I leave this on my TV for hours sometimes when company comes over.
Archer is great, it's on Amazon Prime.
I've also started watching Pluto.tv on my FireTV. They have science/nature/food/music documentary channels. Really, it's just curated YouTube videos. Oh, and there's an MST3K channel.
I fall asleep at night looking out the window of a train traveling through Norway. It's beautiful.
Also, greetings from the Land of Enchantment fellow pede.
Holy crap, this is actually pretty awesome.
90% of it looks like shitty off-brand cable but there are definitely some gems.
http://pluto.tv/tv/rifftrax - an entire Rifftrax channel.
http://pluto.tv/tv/4k-tv - think Planet Earth. Probably great to smoke and fall asleep to.
http://pluto.tv/tv/nasa-tv - NASA has its own channel
Damn, even has some on demand movies. Player seems kinda wonkey and way too much content is in letterbox.
Loads super quick, don't have to log-in, decent streaming quality.
Considering how often the Spectrum web app decides to shit the bed this is going to be a lifesaver all those times I feel like channel surfing over picking something out on Netflix and committing to it.
If this was an ad you got me.
I think it's Option Paralysis, where there are too many choices, and you can't decide which to choose. Back in the TV/Blockbuster days, our selection was pretty limited, so it was easier to decide or give into randomness/channel surfing. I really miss things like MonsterVision with Joe Bob Briggs.
Check out a website called Pluto.tv, it's kinda like the TV guide channel was back in the day. There is a Horror24/7 channel on there with some fun movies; a movie called Chemical Peel is about to start... never heard of it, but I'm gonna watch it! (http://pluto.tv/watch/horror-247)
Existing web video curated into streams/channels in a slick interface similar to traditional TV viewing. It's great for those times when you don't have something specific you want to watch or just want to have something on in the background.
It's everything we missed about cable, mindless background noise.
Basically it's curated youtube streams that run 24/7. There's an "Ellen" channel that plays nothing but Ellen. There's "Guns and Explosions" which is.. Guns and Explosions.
No commercials (other than their own).
Pluto TV (Free) - Pluto TV is a free online television service broadcasting over 100 live channels full of TV shows, movies and Internet videos hand-picked by people who love entertainment. No searching. Turn on, lean back and flip through the familiar guide to enjoy late night, news, sports, classic toons, music videos and even cats. There’s definitely a channel for you on Pluto TV.
Apologies if your joking, but for those that aren't aware.http://pluto.tv/
Pluto is far from perfect, but in an effort to be a step away from the usual cable/satellite companies it's at least a first step.
Haha sorry.
PlutoTV is a free service. Its a bunch of curated content, provided in traditional tv guide format. Its available in browser and on various devices. Some of the "channels" are just curated youtube videos, some are live feeds. Its not prime content, but its got its place. Check it out
SlingTV is a $20/mo paid streaming cable service. It is a "skinny" bundle of the "most popular" paid cable channels. There are also $5 add-ons for more channels. Check it out
TVfoolreport is where you can see what FREE OTA broadcast signals you can get with an HD antenna (think Fox, NBC, ABC, CW, CBS). Just put in your address here and report back here with your results so we can tell you whats available to you easily.
It's working "ok" on my Roku 3. I am disappointed in how long it takes to start and the fact that there are a small fraction of the channels offered on http://pluto.tv/. Still, the interface is great and I've found a lot of content that I really enjoy. It can only get better!
It's not Netflix, but theres http://pluto.tv
I use it on my Chromecast and fire tv, or you can use it on your computer's browser.
Being a cord cutter, I miss just leaving it on a channel and letting it play whatever, it takes care of that well enough for me.
Sometimes I get a lot of boring stuff like tedious revisions of small things. I'm much more productive with something I can listen to. Otherwise I'll just be reading reddit all day and you can't work and read at the same time.
I really like having http://pluto.tv/#!&channel=POPularDesign in the background for reminding myself that I actually like my job.
The default channel on pluto.tv is headline news. I don't watch it so I can't say for sure if they do live news, but the tagline does say breaking news so I assume they do when there's something to talk about.
Sorry to hear you and your grandma will not be living in the same house, and doubly sorry for her condition. My grandma suffered it before she died, and my wife's granny is now in a home with dementia. It not only hurts the person but everyone who loves them.
If she can get internet and WiFi then I'd recommend pluto tv. There's a channel called Cat's 24/7... it's what you described. BUt i'll assume she doesn't have internet, or there will not be anyone that can operate a computer for her, so I'll make a DVD of some of my favorite YouTube videos. I'll PM you when I'm done.
In hopes of bringing greater awareness to Anthony Bourdain, Pluto TV is hosting a tribute channel for Anthony. Currently, No Reservations is being played.
You can pick up some of their stories on PlutoTV which is free. Look for channel 110. It is free. On PC, Fire TV, Roku and mobile apps. May not be live and is probably limited selection.
MSNBC also has a website with live video here. Looks to be story/video segments not full broadcasts. That is only available to cable tv subscribers.
The $7.99 Hulu package mostly has clips of select MSNBC shows along with video not part of specific shows (probably same as PlutoTv's).
Sling tv Blue $25 + News Extra $5 = $30. This has the MSNBC channel.
Directv Now Live a Little is $35 but if you have AT&T, they have a discounted price. Also has the MSNBC channel.
Hulu with Live Tv is $39.99. It has MSNBC plus the on demand version of Hulu.
Pluto TV has no captioning (or subtitles) and from the email response I've gotten no intention of ever adding any. Kind of makes it a miss for people like myself. I use it occasionally for the news shows, where the speakers are people I can lip read and for the music video streams (which are sadly repetitive) so I can sometimes encounter new music and just Shazam the names of the artists and the lyrics. Otherwise it's unfortunately useless to me.
YouTube at least has that horrible auto-generated subtitles which at least occasionally lets me fumble around for the meaning of things. What burns me though is when I see something I watched before on YouTube and so I know there are subtitles or captioning for it and Pluto TV is just making a choice to cut me out so I don't get to enjoy it fully. It's not a great feeling.
It's also why I generally use Netflix for my television shows and pirate everything else I can't get from there. At least the piracy scene has subtitles for most things. (I know that's a side effect of providing subtitles to international viewers, not aimed at people like me but it's a welcome side effect.)
The web front end is using HTML5, though that can be a fairly loose term. Are you talking about one of the apps or the website (http://pluto.tv)? Did you see a flash video? Thanks for the feedback and apologies.
It just streams online, for free! You dont have to use the app. I keep a dog the bounty hunter channel loaded sometimes in a browser for work. http://pluto.tv/live-tv/mtv-pluto-tv
Watch channel 323 on Pluto TV... streaming seasons 23-30 every week.
http://pluto.tv/live-tv/mtv-the-challenge
Tuesday, Nov 5th: Seasons 30... 23 and 24.
Wednesday, Nov 6th: Seasons 24, 25 and 26.
Thursday, Nov 7th: Seasons 26 and 27.
Friday, Nov 8th: Seasons 28 and 29.
Saturday, Nov 9th: Seasons 29 and 30.
Sunday, Nov 10th: Seasons 30... 23 and 24.
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2012 | Season 23 | Battle of the Seasons (II) | 13 episodes
2013 | Season 24 | Rivals II | 15 episodes
2014 | Season 25 | Free Agents | 13 episodes
2015 | Season 26 | Battle of the Exes II | 16 episodes
2015-2016 | Season 27 | Battle of the Bloodlines | 16 episodes
2016 | Season 28 | Rivals III | 15 episodes
2017 | Season 29 | Invasion of the Champions | 16 episodes
2017 | Season 30 | XXX: Dirty 30 | 19 episodes
>I don’t even know what PlutoTV is and I don’t have a roku. How about you chill out a little bit. Not everyone knows all the tech intricacies on how we can get media.
Here: PlutoTV. It's free. It's available on Android, iOS, on the Roku, on AndroidTV, and you can even watch it on desktop. Newsmax was available for free that way.
Aside from that, I was directing my ire to those who complain about not having options and then they don't support the options that are available. I apologize if you felt like I was yelling specifically at you personally, I was speaking in general. I personally don't think that five bucks a month is a lot to ask for OANN but I'm sure we could both think of people who would complain that it wasn't free. If we want options we have to support those who are building their own platforms to bring us those options.
Either way I gave you two ways you can have alternatives to the monolithic voice of the Left. You now have options you didn't know you had.
I don't think this will ever actually happen.
For starters most people have cable or netflix.
Two, the government regulated advertising in children's programming on broadcast television to the point that studios saw fit to replace kids shows with shows targeted at older audiences. The educational programming that does air normally is stuff purchased from Litton Entertainment.
The only television studio that still airs kids shows is PBS, and I expect they won't stop because they must have a source of money coming from somewhere.
I think the only way you get afternoon and saturday morning cartoons is if you watch them on cable, pick your own shows on netflix, or use an app like PBS kids, or a service like Pluto.
Your options might increase a little bit if you have a Roku or Chromecast.
http://pluto.tv/watch/after-school-cartoons
http://pluto.tv/watch/classic-toons-tv
That's assuming you're doing everything legally.
With a cable subscription you could probably just stream nick/cartoon network/disney channel too depending on what cable provider you have. I don't know of any other legal cartoon streams unless you're just googling public domain cartoons on archive.org or something, or there's an app you're using on roku or a tablet.
tl;dr Litton sucks, use the internet or a cable/netflix subscription to find cartoons unless your kids are content with PBS.
Bloomberg TV is available via apps for many platforms.
PlutoTV has several news channels including Bloomberg TV.
PBS News Hour is available via an OTA antenna and episodes are available via the PBS app, but I'm not sure about a delay.
One America News is available via KlowdTV.
I would set him up with an OTA antenna then consider a Roku Stick for additional content and let him try them out to see if he wants to cut out cable/satellite. Reply with a link to his TV Fool report for antenna suggestions. Mention if he has a satellite dish available that could be reused for an antenna and how many TVs he has.
Just get Pluto on your Roku or Vue device. That is a news junkie heaven. Add in the very good CBS/ABC/NBC News Apps, YouTube, NewsOn, all the weather apps, and you're missing almost nothing
I gave my device suggestions. See the Cordcutters Guides on the right for more details about services.
The bottom line is, find what shows you want to watch, seek out which devices are supported by the service that offers those shows, then decide on a device. Free "live TV" services like Pluto.TV offer a "live TV like" experience, but the content is limited.
The official Android TV devices also provide Google/Chrome casting and, IIRC, both offer a guest mode to allow others to cast to your device using their own phones.
I'm watching the Breaking News channel on Pluto TV! Check it out! http://pluto.tv/watch/breaking-news via @PlutoTV ....this is some unscripted stuff and the reporter now keeps showing pictures she saved of the bodies
No ID channel, but plenty of murder mystery channels. It also has Pluto TV which has a Crime channel, although I think that's more drama series. You can see what else pluto tv has http://pluto.tv/guide/all
I'm on desktop and got the debate as well.
Can you just let us know what number the surfing channel is?
EDIT: OK, I googled it and it's 305, which doesn't show up for me. Maybe because I'm in Canada?
EDIT 2: Holy crap, LOL, I found it. I'm not kidding, this is the link. It says gop-presidential-debate, but it's the surf channel. I guess something is screwed up on Pluto's end. http://pluto.tv/watch/gop-presidential-debate/556ded06de8104f73dd07e91
Check out http://pluto.tv/ (The app, not necessarily the website), basically premade channels of continuously running YouTube videos for that specific channel (Music, Stand-Up, Sports, News, etc.). Works pretty decent, content can get stale after a week or two, but I guess they update the video list or something everyone few weeks or so.
I don't think there's an add-on for Kodi. They have a website that works on desktop browsers, along with a standalone PC application. There are also apps for Android TV and Fire TV, and Chromecast support from iOS and Android devices.
This new thing called PlutoTV, reminds me of the old days of MTV.. It’s played out like cable tv with a guide and channels, but comprised of online videos. They have great music channels that play music videos in various genres.
I just went to pluto.tv in my browser and found the word Serial with a page search.
It's on their Conspiracies and Myths channel, not a good start... I'm watching what looks like a GChat with some dude, Saad and Rabia. Nothing exactly earth-shattering so far.
Honestly, I'd say it's the Internet, specifically for entertainment.
Today we have devices that can pull up YouTube, Netflix, and other services onto our TV, and we can find the videos on our phone to be streamed on the TV.
Also, there's this really awesome site I found recently called Pluto.tv and it's television on your computer. There's a whole bunch of channels catered to music, video games, comedy, even cats. Blocks of videos play like TV. I can stream it on my Chromecast while I'm doing work or whatever.
There's a channel on Pluto called Slow TV and they have a block called Slow Ride. It has POV videos of trains, cars, and other awesome things. I can play a train ride on my TV and look at the amazing scenery. I love it.