New Year's broadcasts behind paywalls

Submitted ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨FenrirIII@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world⁩

My family has watched CNN’s NYE show every year since Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper were on. This year, it’s locked behind a paywall. Cannot stream it on any service without paying

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garth@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That does suck. However…

https://turnerlive.warnermediacdn.com/hls/live/586495/cnngo/cnn_slate/VIDEO_0_3564000.m3u8

Open IPTV streams are cool.

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- HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Dam, were where you 4 hours ago. I gave up and just paid 3 bucks for the month so my wife doesnt freak out.
  
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- Jagget@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Amazing, thank you!
  
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- FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Thank you! We were literally getting up to go to bed early when I saw your reply. Made the night great!
  
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- dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I didn’t realise they have unprotected streams 👀
  
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NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Yarr? Yarr!

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9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Local tv can still be received over antenna, even on modern, fancy TVs

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- dingus@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  So a caveat to this is that digital signal is absolutely shit compared to analog. Back when we had rabbit ears, even if the picture was a bit fuzz/suboptimal, you could watch the show just fine. Nowadays? If you’re not getting 100% full strength signal, it is literally unwatchable. The audio and picture freeze every two seconds. Either I get a crystal clear picture and audio or I get an unwatchable mess. There is no in between anymore with digital signal.
  
  Plus, I only seem to get this crystal clear signal from the top floor in my home and near a window. If you have a lower floor or have the antenna a bit too far away from the window, it also just does not work hardly at all. This was never an issue with analog signal for me.
  
  Idk if it’s just me or not. There are a ton more channels overall with the digital signals compared to analog, but it’s frustrating that I only seem to be able to watch them if the signal is absolutely perfect.
  
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  - dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    If you’re not getting 100% full strength signal, it is literally unwatchable.
    
    It depends… Sometimes it’s terrible, while other times even low signal strength is fine. I only get around 65% signal strength and 75% signal quality for one channel (ABC, I think?), and it still works fine with no stuttering.
    
    I use a HDHomeRun TV tuner, so I can place the antenna where I get the best signal, and the HDHomeRun transmits it over my LAN.
    
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  - 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    If you live far from the city center, you might just have to get an outdoor antenna. I used one for many years before moving into the city.
    
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FahrenheitGhost@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Enshitification…

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Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This happened to me with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year

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- FenrirIII@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  We watched it through PlutoTV this year
  
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  - Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Good idea
    
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- dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  At least NBC is a broadcast station, so you can watch it for free using an antenna. I have an indoor antenna in my garage, connected to a HDHomeRun.
  
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  - Reverendender@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ugh. I didn’t even think of the antenna! I tried my spectrum basic cable, and they weren’t broadcasting it there.
    
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Jerb322@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
You don’t have a digital air antenna?

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- jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  CNN is not a broadcast network.
  
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- scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Even those are being locked down behind DRM now
  
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HeyJoe@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Whenever a special is on tv I run into issues as well. I saw they used to allow stream if you had HBO max account but just stopped in November because cnn wanted to go direct and let people pay them for monthly subscriptions now. I gave up looking and gave them the $3 for the month just to get it. I’ve pretty much used up all my free trials on all the live tv apps anyway. Not sure what you have but they still give you access if you have cable tv and can log in with the service provider account.

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