Can I watch live TV using broadband?

colmil

Due to a business appointment, I will be travelling home on Wed. night on the train which has free broadband.

I know I can follow the match on my laptop via Yahoo sport which tells me about the goals etc but is there any way I could watch the match live on ITV?

Probably a stupid question, but worth asking!

mymatebob

There are always ways to do things on the internet.
Some are not allowed to be discussed on here

mdbarber

Technically it is possible using a program called mediaportal, set up a home tv server and install your client software on the laptop
Not sure what res you would get using those connections but needs must
wwww.team-mediaportal.com
alterantives are gbpvr and mythtv but i suspect mediaportal is the easiest to set up
oh ps all those packs are legal and free but u would need a tv card in your home pc

mymatebob

And as this is a P2P client it may not be discussed here - as mentioned in the rules

globalds

mymatebob wrote: »

And as this is a P2P client it may not be discussed here - as mentioned in the rules

Are you on about zattoo ?

mymatebob

I am indeed

globalds

And is this the bit in the forums you are refering to
ILLEGAL TOPICS

Please do not discuss illegal issues or those that are grey areas in law on this forum. The Board Guides have been asked to remove any such posts. These include the cross-border sale of tobacco, file-sharing, breaking copy protection, hacks, keygens, trading registration codes, pornography, Russian MP3 download sites or other ways to illegally use software.

mymatebob

The bit just after that


In the case of in-car speed camera alert/avoidance devices such as Roadangel, GPS Satellite Navigation and Tom Tom feel free to discuss the MoneySaving on purchasing the product but not the legalities. Even though there are some legitimate uses there is a blanket ban on P2P topics. This is done to protect this site and its resources.

(My bold)

globalds

missed that bit
my bad

can't see any thing illegal in this product though
from their page
Is Zattoo really legal?

Yes. Zattoo acquires the rights to retransmit the channels separately for each country we launch in. It takes a lot of legwork (read: flight miles and sizzling phone lines) to collect the necessary rights to transmit the channels. Unlike the fast food world, the media world doesn’t operate on a global basis, so if we acquire the rights to carry a French TV channel in Switzerland, say, we don’t automatically get the right to carry it also in France or Germany.
All of this doesn’t deter us, of course. Chances actually are that we’re talking to a broadcaster somewhere right now, as you are reading this. So stay tuned for more channels in Z-countries and a launch in countries that haven’t been zattooed yet.

mymatebob

But it is P2P - hence no talking about it.

(and my first post)

Happy talk privately about anything at all

weegie.geek

mymatebob wrote: »

And as this is a P2P client it may not be discussed here - as mentioned in the rules

It uses P2P technology, but I'm pretty certain it's not what martin meant in the rules.

If that was the case, it'd be against the rules to talk about BBC iPlayer, and there's plenty of discussion about that.

I take the thing in the rules to mention P2P filesharing networks, which this isn't. It uses P2P as a method of content delivery.

The rules really need clearing up in this respect. They're not 100% clear but a little common sense works wonders.