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Certain software has been developed to allow the reception of streamed television content over the Internet. Some of the software utilizes a P2P (peer-to-peer) networking technology which makes it much more difficult for copyright holders to block content. Via these applications individuals are able to receive and view televised events, often for free.Certain software has been developed to allow the reception of streamed television content over the Internet. Some of the software utilizes a P2P (peer-to-peer) networking technology, which makes it much more difficult for copyright holders to block content. Via these applications individuals are able to receive and view televised events, often for free. Another name for streaming P2P is Streaming Torrents.When watching streaming live sports or television programming on the Internet you will find it is necessary to have installed multiple p2p and streaming client software applications. The most difficult part is to find a comprehensive guide to [[Streaming Internet TV Programming]], especially when it comes to sport events. Be careful to avoid [[Online TV Scams]].* Freewarereview: Although the occasional pay-per-view Wrestling or UFC fight is available on SopCast for english speaking individuals in North America, the vast majority, if not 99% of the content is low quality, non-english, Asian television. The technology is the best available. The quality and reliability of SopCast is unmatched. The software works well and delivers crisp streaming content and maintains a stream for the duration of the event. However, there's simply nothing of interest to watch using SopCast the vast majority of the time, unless you're seriously interested in watching 4' tall Asian "Athletes" play ping pong all afternoon. North American programming databases are not maintained and there are fewer and fewer quality content streamers.review: Although the occasional pay-per-view Wrestling or UFC fight is available on SopCast for english speaking individuals in North America, the vast majority, if not 99% of the content is low quality, non-english, Asian television. The technology is the best available. The quality and reliability of SopCast is unmatched. The software works well and delivers crisp streaming content and maintains a stream for the duration of the event. However, there's simply nothing of interest to watch using SopCast the vast majority of the time, unless you're seriously interested in watching 4' tall Asian "Athletes" play ping pong all afternoon. North American programming databases are not maintained and there are fewer and fewer quality content streamers. SopCast special event wrestling streams and NFL football streams are often terminated about half way into viewing. SopCast was once much better but currently (as of 2009) support is waning. Streams suffer the same reliability issues as do regular web streams. You can't count on a SopCast stream getting you though an entire sports event.[[Image:XXstar.png]]*Freeware == [http://www.streamtofile.com/ Stream TV] ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*Commercial PaywareThis program has many features such as Full Screen mode, ability to be linked to a remote control device, easily movable window for more convenient viewing experience.review: Mostly foreign content. == [http://www.ahusoft.com/ Ahusoft Super Internet TV] ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*Free and Commercial PaywareFree program for watching and browsing thousands of TV channels and radio stations freely available on the internet. == [http://www.tvexe.com/ TV - TVexe] ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*FreewareA freeware application for Windows that is an extremely easy to use application and anyone can find theirstations on TV. Music, News, Educational, Sports & Shopping channelsare sorted in a very easy to find way, together with TV in English, Spanish,German, French, Portuguese & Arabic sections. == [http://www.onlinetvplayer.com/ Online TV Player] ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*Commercial Payware == SyokTV P2P Player ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*unknown == [http://tvplayerclassic.com/ TVSoft TV Player Classic] ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*Freeware == [http://www.streamtorrent.com/ StreamTorrent] ==[[Image:XXstar.png]]*FreewareStream Torrent is a free software program for the Windows operating system that allows users to watch - and stream - TV and videos over the Internet. The Stream torrent can be used to access hundreds of famous channels from around the globe. This application is spyware free and may be the next generation of P2P streaming if development continues. It was reported that development had been suspended.A bandwidth exceeded message may appear on the regular download link. The following Google Groups link has a mirror.* http://groups.google.com/group/streamtorrent == [http://www.veetle.com/channelList.php Veetle] ==[[Image:20star.png]]*FreewareVeetle is a project of Stanford University that brings you hundreds of TV channels to your browser - no external application is required*. The good news is that many of these channels are useful (especially for sports fans) and the streaming quality is stable and high quality. The media player looks slick and refined and it loads incredibly quickly. You can watch CNN, Fox News and other custom made channels. Veetle is a Silicon Valley startup seeking to give the power of high quality video broadcasting back to the people. On Veetle, you can watch video broadcast in TV and HD quality. What's more, you can broadcast your own content in high quality. This seems to be a very popular streaming application.review: Veetle is a web browser plugin. The streams typically are reliable and there is a good selection of programming from Internet sources that keep an updated list (myp2p). However, it doesn't run independent of the web browser. So far Veetle seems to be more reliable than sopcast but has far less potential than TVU. Veetle is good for watching some special wrestling events.=== Veetle Resources ===* [http://www.myp2p.eu/softwareitem.php?softwareid=5&part=software MyP2P.eu] - Veetle and other software programming guide. == [http://www.tvunetworks.com/ TVU] ==[[Image:30star.png]]*adware / freeware advertising basedThe service is based on a number of patent-pending technologies, covering high-quality video coding, efficient real-time P2P distribution, and effective digital rights management. TVU, Veetle, and SopCast seem to be some of the most popular, if not the three most popular streaming tv clients out there.review: Most of these streaming applications are light on English programming from the United States. This application has, thus far, offered the most in English content. CBS, and Fox are two networks that were easy to find. Although the Spike TV network was listed, it actually tuned to the useless Reelz cable network. Video quality was good and the Interface much more advanced than SopCast. A search tool is available. When tuning to a channel you are forced to watch an advertisement hosted by application owners. There is some adult content available, which very few of the other streaming applications offer. In the end, a good application that has too few quality American networks, and too little popular sports. This application rates higher than SopCast. Some channels that normally broadcast foreign sports, like Cricket (which few Americans care about) will switch to show something interesting like Sunday night football or a professional wrestling event. Unlike Sopcast streams that will get terminated half way though an event for CRV*, TVU streams seem to be far more reliable. This software has a lot of potential and is currently the best thing out there (2009) for a streaming Internet television client that is its own independent application.== [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/11200 TV-Fox] ==[[Image:05star.png]]*freewareTV Add-on for Firefox - Watch TV directly from your Firefox Browser, 2780 Live TV Channels sorted by country & category, the TV-FOX allow you to watch thousands of TV channels freely available on the internet. powered by the biggest and most up to date database.review: A very poor selection of programming. The ESPN stream doesn't seem to work. The interface is cool, and it loads much faster than some of the other applications. == Other Streaming Video Technologies ==These are technologies used for streaming video but are not actually independent clients. They are listed here only to clarify the difference and prevent confusion. Some examples are:# Microsoft Silverlight - a framework for integrating multimedia, graphics, animations and interactivity. Netflix, the online video service, uses this as a means to stream video on demand to PC users that want to watch a movie online. More information is available on the [[Netflix Video Stream Capture]] page.# Adobe Flash - This framework is used to launch other video clients, including those used by Youtube and Justin.tv.[[Category:Internet]]