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How To Watch Australian Network TV Online For Free
Everyone here is familiar with the U.S. and Canadian networks. And just about everybody is aware of Britain's BBC. But there is some amazing TV from Down Under we never get to see. I've always been fascinated by the way Australia set up its TV system.
Instead of individual stations joining a network, each channel IS a network unto itself. So matter where you go in the country, The Nine Network is always on Channel 9, The Seven Network occupies Channel 7, 10 is the Ten Network and on it goes.
There are some great shows that we never get to see, but there's a way to at least sample them. And if you already have a VPN, it won't cost you a dime.
The aforementioned Nine Network, for example, has a great website where you can stream hundreds of shows, some we know - like Seinfeld and the West Wing - and others that never got shown here - for free. I tried this last night and was really surprised by the sheer variety on display. There's the live channel itself, and stations devoted to kids' shows, true crime, lifestyle, reality, drama, comedy and more.
Here's how to get access from the comfort of your computer.
There are two things you'll need:
1) Set your VPN to Australia.
2) Go to this website:
It asks you to sign up for this, but there's no charge. But you will need an Australian postal code. They're easier to find than you think. Go to this address and pick one:
Now all you have to do is hit sign up, provide an email address (hopefully one without a ".ca" in it.) When they ask you for your postal code, simply copy one from the random address site and paste it in. Seconds later, you'll get an email with a code on it, asking you to enter it.
Do it, hit reply and then you're done. You may be asked to sign in again.
An amazing world of stuff is there and you're bound to find things you never knew existed. Or you can simply watch the Nine Network live. Just be aware about the time zones. As I'm typing this, it's 4:30 PM on a Friday afternoon. In Australia, it's 8:30 AM Saturday morning. Their primetime starts around 5 AM here!
Never mind the switch to Daylight Saving Time this weekend. That shift at the other end of the world is even harder to get your head around! Enjoy, mate!
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RadioActive wrote:
The Nine Network is always on Channel 9, The Seven Network occupies Channel 7, 10 is the Ten Network and on it goes.
Not to derail the main topic but this always bugged me about CBC Radio. I don't know why they didn't (couldn't?) lock down the same frequency in every market so that no matter where you where in Canada, you knew where they were on the dial.
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Adjacent signals can’t be on the same frequency. If you lived in Woodstock you would have three or four CBC signals on the same frequency. It would be a complete mess.
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Adjacent signals can’t be on the same frequency. If you lived in Woodstock you would have three or four CBC signals on the same frequencies. It would be a complete mess.
Additionally, CBC didn't move to FM until the dial was well-populated with other stations.
In some countries, national networks do live within certain frequency ranges. For example, BBC1 is found between 97-99 FM and BBC2 is found between 88-91 FM.
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Adjacent signals can’t be on the same frequency. If you lived in Woodstock you would have three or four CBC signals on the same frequencies. It would be a complete mess.
Additionally, CBC didn't move to FM until the dial was well-populated with other stations.
In some countries, national networks do live within certain frequency ranges. For example, BBC1 is found between 97-99 FM and BBC2 is found between 88-91 FM.
Mexico implemented something similar after the transition to digital OTA. A number of their television stations are based in Mexico City and are transmitted on rebroadcast transmitters throughout the country, but were often on different channels from the Mexico City flagships - for example, Televisa’s XEW on Channel 2 and TV Azteca’s XHIMT on Channel 7, but on other channels in other cities such as Guadalajara or Monterey. The digital PSIP channels were changed throughout the country (except near the US border) to have the same channels as the Mexico City flagships, so all XEW stations appear on Channel 2 except in Tijuana (where KCBS 2 from LA would be too close) and Reynosa, all Azteca 7 transmitters appear on Channel 7, and so forth. Televisa designated Channel 4 for all stations originating local programs.
As a side note, in the process one of the stations in Mexico City (XHDF, aka Azteca 13) was allowed to move from Channel 13 to Channel 1. So there is now a station using Channel 1 on PSIP throughout most of Mexico.
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