Watch TV on your Mac for free
Zattoo allows you to watch TV channels on your PC for free. Most of the channels are local to where you live but there are a selection of free international channels such as Bloomberg and Press TV.
After registering for a Zattoo account online and installing the client, you'll get an overview of the available TV stations in your locality. When you click on a channel, you have to sit through a 10-15 second advert which is a bit annoying but after that, the streaming is uninterrupted. Streaming is very stable and image quality is very good.
Zattoo also has a TV Guide which helps you plan your viewing schedule and see what's up and coming and you can search for specific channels. There are very few features or options beyond that, however. There are no quality settings and no way to change the language of the interface either which is a bit annoying. There's also no way to make recordings of programs in Zattoo, which would be useful.
If you don't have a TV at home or want to watch local TV on the move, Zattoo is an excellent solution.
User reviews about Zattoo
by Anonymous
Not for use in the United States.
"Zattoo is not available in your country" It is only good for Europe and Great Briton not the United States. Why was that not in the description? What a rip off.
Pros:
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by Anonymous
problem opening.
I have downloaded this one, installed it, and it tells me it is not for this version OS X, bummer. I am so frustrated i can't write much more i am writing this ti fill the space that must be filled in order to be able to send it. More
by Anonymous
Rotten.
Downloaded. Does not work. End of story, except uninstalling is very difficult. Don't touch this with a bargepole.
by Anonymous
OnlineTV.
I am a language teacher at a language school here in Seattle, http://www.seattlelanguages.com and http://www.foxtutors.com and I wish we could download Zattoo like in Europe.
Unfortunately there seems to be some legal aspects on how to use live TV channels in the US. More