This might be old news to some - but others may find it useful :¬)

www.tvcatchup.com is a free site allowing you to stream most 'normal' UK TV stations - "over 30 channels".

The quality seems pretty good and I believe the bandwidth used is less than that of iPlayer.

Even though by it's name you would think that it's a 'catchup' service it isn't at the moment (I think they had some legal issues with that) - it just allows you to watch live TV.

FWIW I'm only using the streaming version not the downloadable Desktop Player.

Some ISPs haven't signed up with them (Freeola is fine) but you can get round this by registering at a friends house or by using a web proxy! ;¬)

Can be useful when you need to catch a program.
I found that during Wimbledon it performed better than the BBC's live stream that was probably swamped.






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