# Internet TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817 "2005-01-03T13:17:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/1 "2005-01-03T13:17:30Z")
Well the day has come where I now have a pretty fast Internet connection at home (8mb upstream) and the realm of pay-Tv and video streaming are available. But before all that I was hoping that someone could point me in the direction of some good quality _free_ news video feed such as the BBC provide. Most of the US news agencies (ABC/CNN/FOX) have small clips for free but as you to pay (normally through Realnetworks [real.com](http://real.com)) for the longer video clips. I’m happy with what the BBC offer but sometimes It’s nice to have a different view on affairs. Anyone got any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/2 "2005-01-03T14:41:45Z")
[http://watch.squidtv.net/](http://watch.squidtv.net/) ---
**Author:** ![SavageNarce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@SavageNarce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SavageNarce)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/3 "2005-01-04T12:43:21Z")
Not exactly streaming video (i.e. not “live” video coverage but “canned” newscasts), but the news with a Canadian perspective is available from [the CBC website](http://www.cbc.ca/newscast.html) . ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/4 "2005-01-05T00:05:40Z")
This is the best site I’ve seen so far: (and it does carry BBC) [http://tv4all.com/portal.htm](http://tv4all.com/portal.htm) ---
**Author:** ![akifani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@akifani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akifani)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/5 "2005-01-05T10:31:52Z")
> [@hermann](#): > > This is the best site I’ve seen so far: (and it does carry BBC) > > [http://tv4all.com/portal.htm](http://tv4all.com/portal.htm) tv4all gave me a “connection refused” message when I tried it. Is it down for the count or temporarily offline? ---
**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/6 "2005-01-06T00:02:42Z")
I just tried it after reading your reply and it worked fine. Maybe you’ll have better luck here instead of the “portal” window: [http://www.tv4all.com/](http://www.tv4all.com/) ---
**Author:** ![akifani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@akifani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akifani)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-tv/282817/7 "2005-01-06T06:24:57Z")
> [@hermann](#): > > I just tried it after reading your reply and it worked fine. Maybe you’ll have better luck here instead of the “portal” window: [http://www.tv4all.com/](http://www.tv4all.com/) It’s working fine now. Guess it was just a glitch.