Help me wean my parents off cable. Where can I find streams for them?

[FearoftheNight]

Just made parents they were paying $85/mo for cable that they barely watch. However what's the best way to find some streams online of chinese channels for my mom and English soccer for my dad?

 

[lxskllr]

There's links in this thread. It just came up recently...

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2117994&highlight=streaming+chinese

 

[FearoftheNight]

Thanks but that thread was people complaining about why he should help his coworker and not really anyone being helpful. Besides I also need to find some euro soccer for my dad ;P

 

[Udgnim]

http://english.cntv.cn/01/index.shtml

 

[mmntech]

My Gf is always watching Asian dramas online. I think she just torrents them though.

Ever considered Free-to-Air satellite? It's a pain in the butt to set up but you can pull free broadcast TV stations from all over the world.

 

[0roo0roo]

forget it, they want chinese channels, you aren't going to get convenient streaming for that....let alone anything. old school need the simple broadcast functionality.

 

[borisvodofsky]

Bit-Torrent,, bit torrent,, bit torrent bit torrent

 

[0roo0roo]

yea turning old parents onto the hassle of bittorrent..great idea

 

[Exterous]

I've got a stream for you mom!

 

[FearoftheNight]

hmm sounds liek we need something low tech....or is there a way to get broadcast channels of select channels? ala carte?

 

[preCRT]

ustream/justintv
http://channelsurfing.net/
atdhe.net
hulu

plus:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=27994976&postcount=10
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=274202

 

[Mahaguru]

Next thread's title will be "Help, my parents keep on getting spyware/malware. What can I do to stop this?".

Streaming sites = malware depot.