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Streaming TV comes to Canada thanks to CTV
But Canada's CTV Network has now launched its own streaming TV section. The selection of videos isn't nearly as rich as what you'll find from Hulu. But CTV does air a number of popular programs in Canada and many of them are available online including Mad Men, Fringe, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report.
Videos are shown with limited advertisements, and you can watch in full screen. As you'd expect, the site only works if you're in Canada (or using a proxy network to make it appear as if you are). But blogger Dale Dietrech took the service for a spin and assures us that it works.
[via Zatz Not Funny]
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Subscribe to commentswaderApr 28th 2009 4:49PM
CTV's services has been around for a long time (at least a year); Global TV and CBC also have video. The problem is that they're full episodes so when you link to clips we have to watch the full episode on their crappy, slow sites to find the clip. Hulu is in talks to come to Canada and it can't come soon enough.
The CBC also had an article on this just yesterday: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2009/04/27/tech-090427-online-video.html
PRC.Apr 28th 2009 6:55PM
To complement that which wader posted above, I would note that the CTV service has actually been around since 2006 -- you're only 3 years late on the announcement!
It should be noted that CBC also offers a free live stream (i.e., I can watch Hockey Night in Canada on my computer without any sort of real delay).
Kris MApr 28th 2009 7:47PM
Comedy Network and Discovery Channel have also had the exact same setup for a few years now.
tomasApr 29th 2009 7:28AM
nothing new, but one big difference from hulu, it sucks! doesn't work in some browser/os configurations, quality is terrible, and, depending on the time of day/show, can be extremely slow. I still want hulu in Canada
supernova_hqApr 29th 2009 7:28AM
Wow, I never realised how bad ctv's programming was until I saw that the only shows out of that entire list that I would even consider watching are "two and a half men" and "comedy now".
koehler83Apr 29th 2009 1:27PM
Unfortunately CTV is converting all their digital streaming to Silverlight, meaning it doesn't work on Google Chrome and will never work on PS3, unlike Hulu.
Dale DietrichApr 30th 2009 2:36PM
Guys, you have taught me well. I have just written a new post discussing the Global offerings. You can read it here:
http://www.daleisphere.com/canadas-global-network-also-offers-full-primetime-tv-episodes-online/
Stay tuned. I'll be writing a post shortly on how to use Hotspot Shield in Canada to access Hulu. It's pretty easy.
...Dale
PRC.May 5th 2009 7:53AM
@koehler83
Google Chrome supports Silverlight.
PRC.May 5th 2009 7:53AM
@koehler83
Google Chrome supports Silverlight.