English Language TV Online
The following links are to free live streams of english language tv online. Some of the english language streams below originate in England (the United Kingdom) or other parts of Europe, others in Australia, some in the United States. An attempt has been made to categorize them and make sure they are working, but some streams come and go. In fact, some streams only exist for certain hours of the day. As for the categories, some I’m certain of, others reflect what was showing when I tuned in. Unless noted each of these links is directly to the media stream. So, YES you can watch free live tv from Australia, England (Great Britain or the United Kingdom) and the United States online here.
The English language streams are typically milder than some of the others, but we can take no responsibility from what you might find on these streams. Realize also there is a great time difference in many cases between where you are and where the stream originates, so you might wind up viewing late night programming during your afternoon.
Also, it’s worth noting that in some countries the media is tightly controlled and the content of programming and news may strongly reflect a government’s opinion. It’s worth keeping in mind the perspective and point of view of any media source.
News
(UK) Sky News Sky News is a 24 hour news network based in London and founded in 1989. Sister channels include Fox News in the United States, Sky News Australia and Sky News New Zealand.
(UK) BBC News 24 (Unfortunately this stream is only accessible if you’re in the United Kingdom.) BBC News 24 is a 24 hour news network launched by the BBC ( British Broadcasting Company.)
(US) CNN live stream (Not the main CNN feed, perhaps CNN International?/CNN Pipeline?) CNN was the first 24 hour news network and is based in Atlanta.
(US) Bloomberg TV News Business and Financial News network based in the United States.
(Australia) Sky News Australia National Headlines - Okay, this is not EXACTLY a live stream, but a bundle of the latest news stories from Sky News Australia updated through the day.
(Australia) Sky News Australia World Headlines *Same as previous - latest world headlines from Sky News and Reuters. Essentially the link is to a playlist of the current top stories.
(China) CCTV 9 This is CCTV’s English Language News Channel. Not exactly 24 hours of news, but there are news updates at the half hour. Programming also includes Chinese lessons, detailed news programs highlighting southeast Asia economy/financial news as well as travel programs and shows covering arts, entertainment and sports.
(India) IBNLive 24 hour News Network - Partnered with CNN, this English language news network is based in India
(France) France 24 News Designed to give a different perspective on the news than the other 24 hour English networks such as BBC News 24 and CNN International. The future of this has some uncertainty, it is possible that France 24 will reduce programming to French only, although future plans had included Arabic and Spanish language networks.
(Iran) Press TV - Produced by the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a 24 hour English language news network from their perspective.
(US) Pentagon Channel The United States Defence Department news channel.
(Russia) Russia Today Russia’s 24 hour English language news network.
Educational
(US) NASA TV Produced by the United States Space Program.
(US) Annenberg Educational videos View Annenberg Video Pagefor schedules. The Annenberg Foundation in the United States has a good deal of content that has been made us of by PBS stations for portions of their educational content. Some very good materials are available through Annenberg. (Including several good video language courses such as Destinos).
SCCtv (Seattle Community College Educational Television)
(US) C-SPAN Non profit network geared primarily at covering the United States government - particularly the House of Representatives
(US) C-SPAN 2 Non profit network geared primarily at covering the United States government - particularly the Senate
(US) C-SPAN 3 Non profit network geared primarily at covering the United States government
(US) BYUTV Brigham Young University channel.
(US) The Woodworking Channel The name should be fairly self-explanatory.
The Wildlife Channel Good nature videos.
Entertainment
NBC -4 Los Angeles (KNBC).
(US) Old Cartoon TV Classic US cartoons from the 50s.
Discovery Channel Asia (Discovery Networks are from the United States - the stream is from China).
(Germany) Western-TV Movies - mostly old black and white westerns.
(US) ION TV US Based network with reruns and movies during primetime.
Religious
(US) EWTN Television Eternal Word Television Network - English language stream (Catholic)
Sports
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