Monday, April 30, 2012

Watch Live TV & On-demand Movies On The Move




With today’s hectic lifestyle, It’s difficult to stay on top of your favorite movies, TV shows or watch live news and sports.
Apps and websites that let you legally stream your daily dose of entertainement are given below



    Television and movies are popular methods of entertainment, but many of us may not have the liberty to sit in front of a TV at a pre-determined time to catch a movie or a TV show. Thanks to handheld devices becoming more powerful and wireless Internet speeds slowly picking up, you can easily view live TV, full-length movies and TV shows on your laptop, tablet or smartphone. The free services usually offer limited content while the paid options could cost as much as a monthly DTH package. But the price you pay could make sense if you travel and often find some free time on your hands. Just connect to the internet and use these apps/sites to get entertained on the move.

Live TV

Dittotv.com

Ditto is a paid service available for mobile devices (apps available for iOS, Android, BlackBerry) and PCs (downloadable programs for Windows and Mac). It works over 3G or Wi-Fi and even includes an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG), just like a digital set top box. They offer various monthly packages, starting at 49 per month (for three channels), going up to 199 per month (for the complete suite of 20 live tv channels).

Mimobi.tv

Apalaya’s Mimobi is a free service and they offer a variety of content on multiple devices. The product is available in two versions — myplex now (live TV and on-demand movies through free apps, available for iOS, Android, Nokia and Windows Phone devices) and through a dedicated website www.myplex.tv (an on-demand movie service, currently free and in Beta with thousands of movies on offer). They also offer a free app for BlackBerry’s Playbook, called ‘TV on the Go’.

Mundu.tv

Mundu offers live TV on mobile devices and computers — a single subscription can be used across devices. There is a choice of monthly, quarterly or yearly payment plans — prices start at 33 per month and can go up to 1499 per quarter for all channels (over 50 channels are available).

Yupptv.com

YuppTV offers apps for iOS, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry devices as well as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. Media players like Boxee and Netgear’s Neo TV also get the service. Finally, you can also get it on certain Samsung and Panasonic smart TVs & on certain Toshiba and Sony TVs using the Yahoo Widget.

Zengatv.com

Other than Android and iOS apps, ZengaTv’s live streams can be viewed on many mobile devices through a web browser — just head to http://m.zengatv. com. On a computer, www. zengatv.com will instantly stream a channel in one of the categories (news, live, movies, & so on).

 AVANI TV

If you spend a lot of time in your car, you can equip it with Avani’s (www.avanitv. com) solution, which is nothing but a digital set top box powered by a mobile 3G connection. It comes with an infrared remote control and can output video to any commercially available LCD screen (or multiple screens) mounted in the car. The service includes live tv channels, movies on demand, internet video (like YouTube) and various internet radio stations.

Free & Legal Movie Streaming ON THE PC

YouTube (www.youtube.com/boxoffice)

YouTube’s BoxOffice offers full movies and is frequently updated. Not only do they have a large selection of hindi movies, but also movies in other Indian languages. Indian broadcasters such as Sony, Colors and Star India also upload and stream their latest TV shows here (www.youtube.com/shows).

Yahoo MoviePlex (http://in.video.yahoo.com/movieplex)

What sets them apart is the mini movies section — a full 3-hour movie is shrunk down to 30 minutes for a quick watch. They also have a large collection of full movies sorted by genre — comedy, drama and action.

ON A PHONE/TABLET

BigFlix

Available for Android & iOS, the BigFlix app offers video on demand for English, Hindi and Indian language movies & TV shows. A monthly subscription of 249 gives you access to unlimited movies. Other devices can directly visit http://m. bigflix.com through the web browser to access the content.

Samsung My Movies

Also powered by BigFlix, the app is available only for Samsung Galaxy S series smartphones and Galaxy Tab users. It streams music videos, trailers and full movies to supported Samsung devices and that too for free. The collection usually includes only those movies that have done well at the box office.


IPL.indiatimes.com This dedicated page, in a tie-up with YouTube, only streams live IPL matches. There is other information on the page too — IPL points for various teams, previous match highlights, scorecards & upcoming match schedules.
- Hitesh Raj Bhagat & Karan Bajaj ET 120409

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