Stream those screams....2014 edition

October 24, 2014 | Skip's Blog

We've come up with some great Halloween recommendations for you this year!  

 


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Announcing AdSkipper. Giving you back your 22 days.

October 17, 2014 | PlayOn Team's Blog

On average, a one-hour primetime show has 18 minutes of advertisements. 18 minutes. The average American watches 34 hours of TV a week. That is 612 minutes of advertisements a week. Multiply that by a full year of TV watching and that equals around 31,824 minutes, or 22 days, of advertisements.


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Get 'Em Before They're Gone!

October 3, 2014 | Skip's Blog

As many of you may have heard - or perhaps sadly noticed when trying to watch after 9/30 - the critically acclaimed Battlestar Galactica expired on Netflix a few days ago...no longer available to stream with a Netflix subscription.   While it's available to purchase at Amazon VOD, it's also no longer available to stream with an Amazon Prime subscripton.
 
If you have PlayLater and heard the news, then you were among the lucky folks who were able to record unwatched episodes before that 9/30 expiration date.
 
That got us thinking...wouldn't it be cool if there was a tool out there that would let you know when a show or movie might be expiring...not just on Netflix, but other services.
 
In our exploration, we happened to stumble over this cool site:
 
moreflicks
 
You can filter by a variety of services...and even quickly find those shows and movies that are scheduled to expire on Hulu!  Take a gander at these links for shows and movies scheduled to expire soon on Hulu
 
Hulu TV Shows Expiring Soon
Hulu Movies Expiring Soon
 
And for those of you outside the US – you can even filter Netflix results for each category by region (did we mention that we support Netflix in 16 countries now?!!!?)
 
So, fire up those recording queues, and get 'em before they're gone!


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MLB Classics makes its way to the PlayOn Plugin Channel Store

September 26, 2014 | Skip's Blog

A subscription to MLB.tv may seem a bit pricy to many folks, particularly since it's subject to local blackouts....However, they are currently running a special - sign up for the balance of the regular season for only 3.99 (yup - 3.99!).  Though the season is drawing to a close, it's still a great deal to check out the service.
 
Sign up for MLB.tv 2014
 
We've also spent some time digging around and stumbled over a treasure trove of classic MLB videos.
 

  • History making games
  • League Championship games
  • No Hitters and Perfect game
  • Even World Series broadcasts going back 60 years

 
The best part is...it's all available completely free!   Download the MLB Classics plugin from the PlayOn Plugin Channel Store today and relive all of those great baseball memories. 
 
Enjoy!


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Who's your favorite Muppet?

August 29, 2014 | Skip's Blog

When folks consider streaming as an alternative to cable, the discussion most often revolves around what they'll miss...what are they able to watch with cable that they might not be able to watch without?  For today's post, I'm going turn that around...what can one watch streaming, that isn't available via cable?
 
The answer:  a crap ton
 
My family ditched cable nearly 6 years ago...It took some getting used to at first, but after a while we came to realize just how much we could stream, that we would've never found flipping through channels on our cable box.  As a cable subscriber, choices were made for us...and we naturally gravitated toward the 'new' shows. 
 
Here at Channel Master headquarters, we dig on The Muppets.  We recently rented and watched the latest Muppet movie (Muppets Most Wanted, available via Amazon VOD).  After watching, my wife and I couldn't keep the nostalgia at bay and found ourselves wanting to watch some classic Muppet Show episodes with the kiddos. 
 
For those of you with cable, try searching for The Muppet Show.  To make it easy, you can use these links for the Time Warner and Comcast/Xfinity programming guide:
 
Time Warner Program Guide
Comcast Program Guide
 
Find anything?  No?  Neither did I. :)
 
Now paste the following into the address bar of your browser:
 
https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=long&search_query=muppet+show&lclk=long
 
Disco!  Virtually every full episode of  The Muppet Show available to stream. 
You can use that url as a template and replace 'muppet' and 'show' with anything you might be looking for – just insert a '+' between each word.  For example, looking for The Great Space Coaster?
 
Just use this:
 
https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=long&search_query=great+space+coaster&lclk=long
 
After you've found the shows you're looking for, you can use the PlayOn browser extension to mark, cast or record. 
 
You can even create custom channels by clicking on the 'Edit' button in the PlayOn browser window and then creating a new folder with a custom name.  Then add episodes of the same show to that specific folder (by clicking on that edit button when marking each video).  Now, when browsing the PlayMark channel at your TV, rather than just seeing a YouTube folder loaded with videos, you can browse folders specific to each show. 
 
Enjoy...and happy streaming!
 
Mine's Sgt. Floyd Pepper, by the way ;)


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