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How to watch TV on the internet

First of all, you must be connected to the internet. Television stations have two ways of broadcasting web TV:

Live streaming

This technology lets end users experience the same content they would normally experience using a regular TV set. The only difference is that you have a wider choice of TV stations you can watch (you can even watch TV stations from other countries), and it is usually free.

Due to the large size of video streams, you must have a broadband connection to watch internet TV without problems. Many broadcasting servers let you choose the speed at which you would like to receive the stream. The correlation is simple: faster streams deliver better resolution, image and sound clarity than slower streams; but if your internet connection is slow, then faster streams will stop regularly to download themselves (this process is called buffering), while slower streams will run smoothly.

Here are a few web sites you can use to watch internet TV:

.  www.itv.com

.  www.webtvlist.com

.  www.broadcast-live.com

On-demand streaming

This way of TV broadcasting offers you full control over the stream you receive. You download the video, and then you watch it using the software below. You can fast forward, pause or rewind/replay the video as you like. The downside is that it is not live, so if you want to watch a football game, you will have to wait until it is finished in order to download the appropriate movie.

The most common programs required to view web TV are:

. RealPlayer

. Windows Media Player

Be sure to download the latest versions of the software above before trying to watch internet TV.