TV SHOWS

Review the information below to learn more about each service then click on the hot link to leave Birdtrax and visit the web site.

HULU

New site offering TV Shows, feature films and clips.  Over 50 content providers including FOX, NBC, MGM, Sony Pictures Television, Warner Bros., Lionsgate, FX, E!Entertainment,  Bravo, National Geographic, and USA Networks.  You can easily share not only an entire video but also a specific segment of a video with your friend legally from this site.  Cost: Free with ads

iTunes

The Eight Hundred Pound Gorilla! They have it all. Downloads include 30,000 audio books, 6 million tunes, games, 600 TV shows and music videos. Over 20 million files to choose from. A 3 minute set up.  Costs: Movies $2.99 -$9.99. Songs 99¢/ea. Music Video 99¢/ea.  TV Shows $1.99 an episode.  Games for iPods $4.99 ea. 

Joost

Site offering TV shows, films, sports coverage and music videos. The content is delivered through channels, and requires that you download the Joost client which supports both Mac and Window (i.e. you need their client application, not just a web browser). Cost: Free with ads.

Modern Feed

Modern Feed provides a centralized directory of legal television programming available on the web. In the words of the site : "Modern Feed is your guide to the best full-length, legal programming available on the Internet. We feature thousands of episodes of all your favorite shows, as well as gems you will not find anywhere else." Cost: Free with ads.

WalMart

Purchase Books, movies and video games snail mailed to you.  Download over one million songs.

Cost is 94¢/song to $9.22/album for non-DRM and 88¢/song to $9.44/album for DRM protected.  Internet explorer is the only browser they support.  When checking out you have to download songs individually.  It’s a windows environment too.  Mac users there is a work around but it’s pretty complicated—you can find it on the web in some blogs about WalMart downloading.  Note: One blog this editor read indicated that lyrics Walmart objects to are edited, don’t know if that’s true or not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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