Streaming TV
The Basics
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Smart TVs
Mobile Devices
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Streaming Television Devices- Educate your Dumb TV
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Game consoles
◦ Tablets
◦ Smartphones
◦ Laptops
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Roku
Netgear
Apple TV
TiVo Stream
◦ Wii/ WiiU
◦ Sony Playstation 3 / 4
◦ XBOX 360 / One
The Devices
Through apps
 Via the internet browser function
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Mobile Devices- Smartphones,
Tablets, etc.
Roku- Starts at $40: Largest physical box,
lots of apps. You can check out a Roku
from the library.
 Apple TV- $99: Enhanced design, simple
integration with Iphones, Ipads and Apple
computers.
 Chromecast- $35: Google’s version.
Projects from your mobile devices. Works
on multiple formats.
 Etc.
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Streaming Television Devices
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The Original Streaming Devices
All around media consumption devices
Playstation 3-4: (Starts at $230/$399)
Also plays Games, DVDs and Blu Rays
Xbox 360/One: (Starts at $180/$500)
Also plays Games, DVDs (Some devices
play Blu Rays)
Wii and Wii U: ($100/$350) Also plays
Games
Gaming Consoles
Hoopla
YouTube
Hulu
Crackle
Openculture.org
Turner Classic Movies
Interest Specific: i.e. Crunchyroll, Shark
Week, NBA, NHL
 Specific Network Websites: PBS
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Free Online Services (This is NOT
an exhaustive list)
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Free with your Skokie Library Card
Movies, TV, Music and Audiobooks
Loan Periods:
Movies/TV = 3 days
Music = 1 week
Audiobooks = 3 weeks
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10 checkouts per account/per month
1 TV Episode = 1 Checkout
1 Album of Music = 1 Checkout
1 Movie = 1 Checkout
Hoopla
Excellent source of home-made video
content
 Lots of news related posts
 Clip based, rather than full shows and
films
 The cat videos alone are a reason to use
it!
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YouTube
Some whole TV shows and films
 Easily searchable interface by genre,
network, etc.
 Menu indicates weather it is free or
premium
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Hulu
An example of a specific interest based
service
 Crunchyroll is great for Anime (Japanese
Animation) lovers.
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Crunchyroll
Owned by Sony
 Large library of free streamable TV and
Movies
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Crackle
700 Free movies to watch at
http://www.openculture.com/freemovieso
nline
 Only available via your computer
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Openculture.org
Classic and Black & White film
 You can download an app or watch online
 There is a live feed of what is showing on
TCM now
 They have a large Movies on Demand
playlist that is always accessible
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Turner Classic Movies
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Streams from the network website
Lots of sports organizations are available this
way
Some, not all content is available to watch
this way
PBS
NBC
NFL
Fox
Etc.
Free Network Streaming
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Netflix
Hulu Plus
Amazon Prime
Redbox Instant
Many Free services have premium
subscription options
Premium Streaming Services
Unlimited streaming for $7.99 a month
 Great coverage of older release feature
films, TV shows, etc.
 Creating their own content- House of
Cards, Arrested Development
 Moderate/Poor access to new releases
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Netflix
Unlimited Streaming of content for $7.99
a month
 Great coverage of many newly released
broadcast TV shows.
 Older release feature films,
documentaries, etc.
 Moderate/Poor access to new releases.
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Hulu Plus
Unlimited streaming of “Prime” content for
$79 per year. Includes perks like free 2
day shipping and e-book library.
 Similar content as Netflix and Hulu Plus
 Ability to rent and buy new releases and
TV episodes.
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Amazon Prime
Streaming of all Redbox Instant Content
and four DVD rentals per week for $8 a
month.
 Newer released films available in library
 New releases available for rent at 3$ each
 Far less content than the other providers
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Redbox Instant
ITunes
 Sony store
 Microsoft Store
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Rental services
You pay a price of $3-$5 to rent new
releases
 High Definition formats cost more to rent
 You are given a certain amount of time to
complete the film
 Most rentals only allow you to view it once
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Rental Services
Not every vendor has everything
 Many people subscribe to/use several
vendors for better coverage
 You can use wheretowatch.org to find out
who has what/when
 Some vendors get some new releases
before others
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Availability- The Curse of
Streaming
More cable channels will offer premium
streaming of their content via
devices/apps
 More variety of devices from more
vendors
 More variety of services from more
vendors
 TVs themselves are “Smart” limiting the
need for external devices. Soon all new
TV sales will be “Smart.”
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Future Developments