{"id":18990,"date":"2010-11-09T08:15:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=18990"},"modified":"2010-11-09T08:15:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T13:15:18","slug":"bob-rankin-free-satellite-tv-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bob-rankin-free-satellite-tv-on-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Rankin: Free Satellite TV on PC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20100914bobrankinlarge.jpg\" alt=\"bobr\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7167 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bob Rankin<\/p>\n<p><b>Can I Really Get Free Satellite TV on my PC?<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Everything I&#8217;ve read about this type of thing tells me it&#8217;s a scam, or at least a waste of money.  The software you get for your forty bucks is nothing more than a menu of free online television broadcasts.  Most of the stations listed are foreign, and the list contains many entries that are obsolete or do not work.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re considering buying a software package named &#8220;PC Satellite TV&#8221;, &#8220;Satellite TV Elite&#8221;, &#8220;Satellite TV on PC&#8221;, &#8220;Satellite TV for PC Elite Edition&#8221;, &#8220;TV on PC Elite&#8221;, &#8220;Digital TV 4 PC&#8221; or anything similar&#8230; they are ALL THE SAME type of scamware.  You will pay $40 and in return you&#8217;ll get a crappy software program that does NOT deliver what it promises.  You WILL NOT get any premium or pay-per-view channels for free.  The only thing these packages offer is links to online video sites that you could find for free with a quick search on Google or Yahoo.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, but there&#8217;s no way to turn your PC into a satellite dish and get free HBO or MTV.  But there is some good news&#8230;  You <strong>CAN<\/strong> get lots of free satellite television programming on your TV, if you have a satellite dish and a &#8220;free-to-air&#8221; satellite receiver box.  My companion article <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/askbobrankin.com\/free_satellite_tv.html?pcp\" target=\"_blank\">Free Satellite TV<\/a> explains it all in detail.<\/p>\n<p>You can also use your internet-connected computer to tune into a huge number of free television broadcasts.  You can watch SOME programs from the BBC News, Comedy Central, Discovery Channel, ESPN, and other broadcasts from around the world.  I suggest that you first go to the official website of the TV station or broadcast that you&#8217;d like to watch and look for a link to view live or recent broadcasts.  <\/p>\n<p>Here are some links to popular TV network websites:<\/p>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abc.go.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MTV<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FOX<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a> <\/li>\n<p> If you don&#8217;t see what you want there, try one of these sites that aggregate content from various video and TV sites across the Internet:<\/p>\n<li> <a target=\"_blank\" 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