Can I watch live TV using broadband?

mymatebob

http://www.itv-football.co.uk/

Click on the champions league link near the right of the page.

However as per previous posts I would be tempted to get it for free

weegie.geek

mymatebob wrote: »

http://www.itv-football.co.uk/

Click on the champions league link near the right of the page.

However as per previous posts I would be tempted to get it for free

If ITV are selling the stream, I'd think the match won't be available on any free (and legal) services.

mymatebob

I did wonder about that although it seems that the payment is not Champions League specific, and someone posted earlier that a "deal" had been struck to allow ITV and BBC content to be broadcast.
Might have to register tomorrow out of interest to see what they are showing.

EDIT - however if I had read the post properly I would have seen that is says some games are blanked out! Doh!

buglawton

Shows that it pays to watch MSE threads - I just installed Zattoo due to advice from OP above and now have a TV anywhere that I can carry the laptop to in the house.

DatabaseError

based on nothing more than educated guesswork, about 500Mb/hour sounds about right,I'm sure I could google and be more presice.

weegie.geek

tonyhague wrote: »

based on nothing more than educated guesswork, about 500Mb/hour sounds about right,I'm sure I could google and be more presice.

requires a half megabit connection at the minimum apparently, so it probably won't be far off that, after uploading back to the other peers is factored in. (depending on your uploading capabilities of course)

buglawton

Since the max upload speed in the cheap seats on my Virgin Media cable connection is 250KBPs it must just about squeeze in there then.

buglawton

Observations on Zattoo: A constant faint whine in the background of the audio? And obviously my 2MB line on Virgin Media (upload only 250kbps) barely makes it as breakups are regular.

You get a very good full screen image but then the breakups (inc complete loss of sound for that time). It would be very smart to offer the option of a lower res but more reliable setting (like some internet radio stations do).