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Tim's Worldwide Live Television List
(That Doesn't Suck)
Copyright ©2001 Tim Vasquez
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I created this directory because all of the Internet TV directories I've seen STINK -
wasting time by abandoning you on foreign pages with no video content,
hijacking your browser window, hiding link URLs, storing outdated sites,
catering to only one video format,
and so forth. When I want to take a look at foreign TV, I certainly
don't need this, and neither do you! So I hope you enjoy this list.
Tune in and see what's out there!
My criteria for putting a site here is that it is a simulcast
(no recorded or "cleaned up" media) and that it serves a
large on-air or cable audience in its home country (no netcasts).
I have linked directly to the video feed of each station. I have also
annotated what I've seen when I viewed the feed, so there may be
other programming I haven't noted.
When you see [H] clicking there will take you to the regular web site
belonging to the station.
The (SS) symbol means RealAudio SureStream, which I like quite a
bit because it automatically adjusts the media to fit the bandwidth.
Q=Quicktime, R=RealVideo, W=Windows Media, S=Slow (modem), F=Fast (DSL).
Interestingly I have found NO regular TV stations in Australia or Japan
(not counting specialized or cable stations). Isn't that odd?
I haven't included U.S. stations yet but will soon.
Angola
TPA
-- Variety. Perhaps the only live video out of the heart of Africa.
Even SureStream can't save the spotty network connection.
(SS)
[H]
Australia
The Basement
-- 24 hr music (WS)
WF
QS
QF
[H]
Austria
TW1
-- morning cooking show, sports, commercials
(after intro ad)
(SS)
[H]
Azerbaijan
AzTV-1
-- talk show, cultural music, budget dramas
(bandwidth leaves some to be desired)
[H]
Bolivia
ATB (video feed problems)
[H]
Bosnia
Domovina
-- music, cartoons, sports, variety
[H]
Brazil
Agencia Brasil
-- government television (off air at night)
[H]
Amazon Sat
-- had a weird show about alligators (off air at night)
[H]
Bulgaria
MM TV
-- music videos (video is fine; audio is static)
[H]
Canada
Pulse 24 Toronto
-- cable news station for Toronto. News subjects. (WS)
WF
[H]
CPAC
-- Canada's Political Channel. Parliament, etc.
[H]
CTV News
-- national news, commercials
(SS)
[H]
Toronto Star TV
-- infomercials
[H]
CTV Vancouver
-- RECORDED NEWSCAST
[H]
Chile
Television Nacional de Chile
-- music documentaries
[H]
China
CTV
-- news program, talk show
[H]
Colombia
Caracol TV
-- comedy, variety
[H]
Croatia
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija
Real
WM/slow
-- educational programming
[H]
Cyprus
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (Greek)
[live link]
[H]
Dominican Republic
Colorvision 9
-- music videos, educational programming
[H]
El Noticiero 6
[H]
Germany
Bayerischer Rundfunk BR-Alpha"
-- documentary about WWII
[H]
Deutsche Welle
-- (English international broadcast)
[H]
N24
-- 24 hour news
(RF)
[H]
Viva TV
-- music videos
(RF)
[H]
Georgia
Georgia Channel 1
-- educational for kids (was down Sunday)
[H]
Greece
Alter Channel
-- music videos
[H]
Viasat 3
-- news
[H]
Mad TV
-- UNUSUAL MEDIA FORMAT
[H]
Hungary
Magyar ATV
-- major video problems
[H]
SatElit
-- music videos
[H]
India
New Delhi TV
-- political coverage
[H]
Iran
IRNA Ch1
-- news, religious topics
[H]
IRNA Ch3
-- sports, exercise (saw an instructor wearing Nike shoes.. how ironic!)
[H]
IRNA News (English)
-- pre-recorded broadcast for Western broadcast
[H]
Iraq
Iraq Satellite Channel
-- offline in morning, interesting propaganda musicals, etc
[H]
Ireland
ETronik
-- music videos
[H]
Korea
EBS
-- educational
[H]
KBS1
-- cultural
(RA)
[H]
KBS2
-- game show
(RA)
[H]
MBS
-- business
[H]
MKS
-- business
[H]
Pusan Broadcasting Company (PSB)
-- soaps (high quality feed)
[H]
YTN
-- 24 hour news
200K feed (slow)
[H]
Malta
Super One
-- variety programming
[H]
Mexico
Milenio Canal 12 Mexico City
-- wrestling
[H]
Netherlands
Omroep Zeeland
-- news
[H]
Palestine
PSCTV
-- drama, no audio
[H]
Peru
AmericaTV
-- variety, commercials
[H]
Panamericana Television
-- commercials
[H]
Qatar
Aljazeera
-- the premier Arabic news channel
[H]
Romania
Televizilinea Romana
-- homemaking show
[H]
ProTV
-- talk show (bandwidth is pretty sad)
[H]
Russia
TV3
-- music video station, highly Westernized, servers often overloaded
[H]
Russian InfoCenter
-- drama
[H]
TV Center
-- variety
[H]
Saudi Arabia
Saudi TV
-- prayers
(SS)
[H]
Singapore
ChannelNewsAsia (CNA)
-- (English) news, commercials
[H]
Slovenia
ATM TV
-- cable TV bulletin board with Slovenian rock music
[H]
TevePika
-- highly Western (mostly English) music videos
(SS)
[H]
Spain
Television de Galicia
-- variety shows
[H]
TeleMadrid
-- off air in morning
[H]
Suriname
ATV
-- was broadcasting CNN-I
[H]
Switzerland
TeleBasel
-- variety, commercials
(SS)
[H]
Taiwan
CTS
-- variety shows
[H]
GoodTV
-- religious (kind of upbeat)
[H]
Thailand
ITV
-- news
[H]
MCOT
-- commercials (poor bandwidth)
[H]
Tunisia
La Television Tunisienne
-- comedy, commercials
(some signal distortion)
(SS)
[H]
Turkey
ATV Canli Yayini
-- infomercial
[H]
TRT (State Television)
-- family programming, cartoons
[H]
United Kingdom
BBC International
-- 24 hour news
[H]
Venezuela
Televen
-- drama (dubbed American shows)
[H]
RCTV
-- drama (dubbed American shows)
[H (do they know it's offline?)]
Globovision
-- news
[H]
Please send corrections and additions to
tim-tv@weathergraphics.com.
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