FREE Web TV service - sign up and help charity too

Darragh

Heya

Magnet have just launched their new FREE Web TV service.

Available at www.magnetwebtv.ie, the no-strings-attached service offers live streaming of five Irish channels for free, regardless of provider.

As long as you have a 1Mbit broadband connection all you have to do is to log on to magnetwebtv.ie and register to watch RTE1, Network 2, TV3, TG4 and 3e live from any web browser.

No TV license fees, no cable subscription, no contract, no monthly subscription fee and no software downloads.

For a monthly fee of €3.99, a total of 21 channels are offered to Magnet broadband subscribers, including BBC’s full range of channels, MTV, VH1 and kids channels Nickelodeon, Nick Toons and Nick Junior.

In addition, if you sign up this week, they've agreed with me to give the Jack & Jill Foundation €1 for every sign up, up to €1,000. (blog post with competition here)

So of you could help, and want this free service, it's on http://www.magnetwebtv.ie

We'll be running a competition next week too...

Cheers

Darragh

56lcd

can they make it an Android App?

aN.Droid

Looks like a great service I will definitely sign up.

About the no tv license though I believe this isnt true as you have to pay for a license if you possess any equipment which is capable of receiving rte and since the rte player came out PC's are included in this.

ixtlan

Unsupported Magnet WebTV Region
Sorry but Magnet WebTV is not available in your area!

FYI - Cork city

!!! Hmmm... I expect this means it's restricted to areas that might possibly become customers for Magnet. So Dublin... :rolleyes:

aN.Droid

ixtlan wrote: »

Unsupported Magnet WebTV Region
Sorry but Magnet WebTV is not available in your area!

FYI - Cork city

!!! Hmmm... I expect this means it's restricted to areas that might possibly become customers for Magnet. So Dublin... :rolleyes:

Works here in limerick, maybe your ip is being routed through some other country somehow?

ixtlan

oops... my bad...

was using a vpn... very stupid of me...

ix.

kearneybobs

Em, clicked on the verification email. And now it's saying bad credentialts when I try and log on

edit: nevermind. it was automatically entering my email address into the username box.

danois

is this a free promotional period or something or is this going to last so i can cancel my sky sub??

kearneybobs

Pretty good quality. seems to be better than the RTE player and does more. Could come in handy for watching the champions league while playing the PS3 or something. Thanks.

edit: very, very slight lip syncing issue. But really great value for a free service.

56lcd

ixtlan wrote: »

Unsupported Magnet WebTV Region
Sorry but Magnet WebTV is not available in your area!

FYI - Cork city

!!! Hmmm... I expect this means it's restricted to areas that might possibly become customers for Magnet. So Dublin... :rolleyes:

does this mean that it will not work if I am out of the country??????

bittihuduga

can we access this with xbmc or boxee?
dont want to watch it on small laptop screen :-(
although no complaints for a freebie

ShooterSF

Limericks wrote: »

Looks like a great service I will definitely sign up.

About the no tv license though I believe this isnt true as you have to pay for a license if you possess any equipment which is capable of receiving rte and since the rte player came out PC's are included in this.

I don't believe that's true. You need to be able to receive television signals. If you have a tv tuner card in your PC then you may need one but not for a PC..

seanybiker

Keeps on saying cannot leave field blank in the username part even though I put my username in there.

Ghost Train

Worked OK for me, nice that they can do the service free

Gerbud

Will this work abroad??

peckerhead

Nice one.

danois wrote: »

is this a free promotional period or something or is this going to last?

Lord Spence

nothing working for me, video wont load, on a standard PC

Gerbud

Lord Spence wrote: »

nothing working for me, video wont load, on a standard PC

Same now for me

Lord Spence

There server is probably not ready for a boards bargain alert

ando

yea we always seem to break systems. Doesnt work here either!

thenightrider

Not working here at least i no it is not my end

BionicRasher

bittihuduga wrote: »

can we access this with xbmc or boxee?
dont want to watch it on small laptop screen :-(
although no complaints for a freebie

+1
Would be great if someone could get it to work on Boxee - there is an RTE player on Boxee already so maybe the dev for that could be contacted and add these links to his App? Maybe you could just add it through the Boxee or XBMC browser

On a side note - it aint working here now either - overload from Boards I expect

thebuzz

Video stream wont load.

CH3OH

Is it true that Magnet are actually offering a €1000 prize to the first Boardsie to get the video stream to load?

p.s. not working here either:rolleyes:

Working!18:54. Can I claim the prize?

Ghost Train

still working here, video fine

Gerbud wrote: »

Will this work abroad??

No, I'd say not

Do-more

Ghost Train wrote: »

still working here, video fine

Can you check to see if you can view this with your BlackVPN switched on please?

ryanmatty

Working for me perfectly

god's toy

Ha ha! look freeking FAB on my Dell Streak! Full screen no borders and over 3g! Ha!

coldfire1x

Working perfectly, thanks

gonker

Brilliant thank you

Ghost Train

Do-more wrote: »

Can you check to see if you can view this with your BlackVPN switched on please?

no can't view on uk proxy

feelgoodinc27

Anyone know if this works on the ipad

chavezychavez

Works perfectly here. Fantastic service and streaming so far.

Basq

feelgoodinc27 wrote: »

Anyone know if this works on the ipad

Will let you know in a few minutes.

EDIT: Nope, uses Flash unfortunately. HTML5 video would have been nice!

Ah well - great deal all the same.

pigck29

56lcd wrote: »

can they make it an Android App?

it works perfectly on my Samsung tab

EKRIUQ

Works great on Ubuntu, Chrome.

Can this be used abroad like FilmOn?

Basq

EKRIUQ wrote: »

Works great on Ubuntu, Chrome.

Can this be used abroad like FilmOn?

Doesn't look like it!

4. Where can I watch WebTV?
You can watch Magnet WebTV anywhere in the Republic of Ireland with a PC or Laptop where you have access a minimum of 1Mb of broadband connectivity.

EDIT: Can confirm it doesn't work abroad. Friend of mine just tried it from Canada. No-go!

liamo22

PRAISE BE TO JESUS FOR THE FREE IRISH TV!!!!

galait

Works fine on my favourite VPN service , Family in Canada & Sydney viewing it no problems whatsover:)

galait

Gerbud wrote: »

Will this work abroad??

works with www.overplay.net ,

whiterebel

Thanks OP.

JONJO THE MISER

Excellent.

looder

galait wrote: »

works with www.overplay.net ,

Does this work with RTE Player too?

polaris68

Anyone sign up in the last hour still waiting for their validation email??

Davy

polaris68 wrote: »

Anyone sign up in the last hour still waiting for their validation email??

Check your junk/spam folder

anniehoo

Working perfectly for me, just had to update my Flash player.

okidoki987

Good find, works perfectly for me.

calex71

Props to boards for making them cough up a few bucks to charity.

meolwan

Thanks for this just signed up. This will be handy when the champions league is on she wants to watch some soap. Just put the headphones and leave her to it.

fergiesfolly

Just signed up.
No problems at all and great picture.

Lord Spence

Did anyone get this to work on ps3, mine won't work