Thankfully, using such apps typically won’t cost a dime above and beyond what
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premium channels, sports packages, or international programming.
NETWORK AND CHANNEL APPS
Sometimes called “TV everywhere” apps, these are created by individual
networks or basic cable channels to provide video-on-demand of their shows
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commercials while viewing shows, with no way to skip them. But that’s what
you get for “free”—they typically will not work unless you have an active cable or
satellite pay-TV subscription to authenticate yourself in the app.
No two of these apps are alike in interface or even features. You’ll learn to hate
how some provide captions, love others that provide a usable fast-forward or
rewind, and so on. Some provide deep catalogs of their content; others provide
just a few recent episodes.
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only on there.
The list of basic cable channels with a TV Everywhere app option is staggering,
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CNN
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