# Is there an app that alerts when a movie is streaming?

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**Created:** [March 13, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858 "2016-03-13T13:55:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858/1 "2016-03-13T13:55:24Z")

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I get all my video content now from Netflix, Hulu, Crackle, Yahoo Screen, and other apps available on my Apple TV.

But if I am looking for a particular movie to watch, I have to open each one and search.

Is there an app that will allow me to enter a list of movies I am looking for and that will search all the streaming services for me and alert me when it finds one?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858/2 "2016-03-13T14:52:28Z")

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I’m not aware an alert feature, but I look things up on [canistreamit.com](http://canistreamit.com) for this purpose. There’s an app for it too.

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**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858/3 "2016-03-13T15:49:05Z")

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> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> I’m not aware an alert feature, but I look things up on [canistreamit.com](http://canistreamit.com) for this purpose. There’s an app for it too.

I can confirm that the canistreamit app does allow you to set alerts for when movies become available.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858/4 "2016-03-13T19:59:36Z")

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Cool!

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-app-that-alerts-when-a-movie-is-streaming/748858/5 "2016-03-14T00:59:42Z")

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Just downloaded it and set a bunch of reminders. I’ll have to see how I like it. Thanks for the recommendation!