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Watching and listening online

Learn how to access and enjoy the enormous amount of online videos and music.

Watching and listening online

With catch-up TV services, online music applications and video sharing sites, you can watch and listen to just about whatever you want, whenever you want. You don't even need a TV, because you can watch and listen using a smartphone, tablet or computer.

When accessing online media, it's important to: ? Use reputable, well-known sites for these

services, such as YouTube, ABC or Spotify. Many websites provide media illegally. ? Understand that video and music use a lot of data. Make sure your internet service has enough available each month to ensure you don't get a big bill, or have your service limited to a slow speed for the remainder of the month.

Catch-up TV

Broadcast TV works to a timetable, but that timetable doesn't always work for you. With broadcast TV, there are a number of reasons why you might miss out on shows, including: ? You might not be home when the show is broadcast. ? You might have forgotten the show was on. ? A friend might recommend a show that you didn't watch. ? Two of your household might want to watch different TV shows broadcast at

the same time.

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Catch-up TV lets you watch shows at a time that suits you by `streaming' the show over the internet. ? Catch-up TV shows are generally available for online for several

days after broadcasts. ? Many TV stations have a free catch-up service. ? ABC iView and SBS On Demand are two catch-up TV services are available in

most places in Australia.

There are also subscription movie and TV services, with thousands of shows available for viewing. Popular subscription services include: ? Netflix ? Amazon ? Stan

YouTube

Free video sites, such as YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo are a huge learning resource. You can use them to: ? Take music lessons. ? See how to do home repairs. ? Learn academic subjects. ? Search for information on very nearly anything.

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Get tuned in - online music

Just about any music you might like is available legally using the internet. ? Streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Apple Music and Google

Play Music have music ready to play. ? Some music services have free versions, with advertisements

or restricted capabilities. ? All music services have paid subscription services which provide unlimited

access to the music. ? All music services have apps you can use to access music on mobile devices. ? All the music services are all streamed; the music is not stored on your device. ? Some services, however, (such

as Apple iTunes and Amazon, for example) can be used to download music to keep.

You can listen to radio shows and access a world of podcasts on the internet. ? There are tens of thousands of radio stations from all over the world available

using the internet. ? A free service such as TuneIn is one way to find and listen to

internet radio stations. ? Often you can listen directly from the radio station's own website. Click Listen

Live or similar. ? Podcasts can be radio programs, or non-radio recordings of conversations

and interviews on all manner of topics. You can usually download podcasts to your device for listening.

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