CBC Gem is a great free alternative to Netflix and Apple TV
They have great documentaries, movies and tv series such as North of North.
The more that people use their services the more funding they can can receive from the federal government to expand their programming lineup.
Or sign up for premium if you'd like to contribute.
TVO is also has some nice programming for those in Ontario. Also a non-profit.
TVO is good. The Tripping the series is great.
It knows exactly who its intended audience is, and it's a pretty fuckin' niche one (x-heads who also want some Canadian history and naturalist edutainment).
ugh... this is the worst part about GEM.... login? premium?
hello... i already pay for premium CBC GEM... it's called TAXES..... and if they're not getting enough funding, then i also support increasing their funding. not forcing me to create yet another login and password for something
CBC Gem has a lot of great Canadian shows like Murdoch Mysteries and Paw Patrol
I highly recommend "One More Time".
Great song
It's an alright service, I just wish they would have used/merged the same login for CBC and Radio-Canada content instead of 2 different sites with 2 different logins.
As for premium, I would also have preferred that they removed the ads in the "live feeds". I'd be fine with it just being a screen with the CBC logo and the text "Ad Break".
At least the pricing (6$ for Gem) seems fair.
It's a great source for free kids shows!
tou.tv in French for Radio-Canada stuff!
North of North is pretty good
I also love Baroness Von Sketch show, but nobody else seems to like it as much. Great Canadian Baking show, Best in Miniature.
Non-canadian, but Grand Designs is good (love the NZ one)
Baroness was good but went on far too long.
I noticed last season’s Nature of Things has a whole episode dedicated to butts. Tina Belcher approves.
What's the commercial situation? Less than prime now, right?
In my experience, the ads are generally pretty short and usually about 3 per ad break, with ~2 breaks per 20 ish minute show. Been watching Schitt's creek with no issues or complaints seeing as this is free with ads rather than paid with ads.
No experience with longer form shows but I can't imagine it'd be any less convenient. Maybe an extra as break or two or the break would be longer with the same frequency.
So far for me it is shorter than prime per break, but Prime has less frequency as of now.
Okay. So compared to broadcast, for sure, way fewer ads. I'll take it.
There is also a NFB (National Film Board) app that has many films both long and short. From the Logdrivers Waltz to Discordia ( a film featuring Aaron Mate) about Anti-Netenyahu protests at Concordia University
Do you have to have cable service to sign up?
Nope. Just an email address.
No, anyone can signup.
the federal government to expand their programming lineup.
so stolen money from taxpayers. I don't fault anyone for using government programs that they are forced to pay for, lord knows I do, but encourage their use in hopes they'll get more tax money, that's pretty wack.
They're using taxpayer money to provide a service available to every citizen that is literally what taxes are supposed to do.
I'm so tired of seeing "news" outlets saying "government program Y is losing this much money per year"
Services cost money, not lose it. That is how they work.
taxes are suposed to take money out the economy and allow the state to control the market.
Now apply this logic to healthcare so I can tell just big of a problem you are for society
lol