Is there a way to watch live tv on a computer?

Question

My TV is broken and I was wondering if there was a way to watch TV on my computer? I know I can watch videos or pre-recorded TV shows but I want to actually watch shows as they are going on. Do I have to buy something or is there a website that I can use? I am interested in watching both local and/or cable channels. Thanks!

Answer 1

you can use ReadON TV, a free software for playing Live tv channels but not only, they are streaming movies on demand for free as well.

Still my preferred method of watching live tv is playing it on VLC.

here a good list the play the Live TV channels directly into VLC Media Player.
http://www.kensfi.com/watch-live-tv-channels-streams-with-vlc-media-player/