Where to watch the News Online

February 9, 2011 10:58 AM

Need a good source for watching news online. Usually miss news on tv so would prefer to watch it when i can...Any suggestions?

Since I am usually not available to watch news on TV when its broad-casted and am a bit overwhelmed by the amount of news online I ask for your suggestions... I would love to be able to watch something online, local/world news that updates every hour or so...or just has the days news available to watch whenever I get the chance... Your help is highly appreciated!

posted by matthelm to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

Al Jazeera's live stream is great. Obviously right now much of the focus is on Egypt.
posted by 2bucksplus at 11:05 AM on February 9, 2011

Justin.tv has several news stations. Msnbc and CNN are just two.
posted by Sufi at 12:17 PM on February 9, 2011 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: No mobile for me...the justin.tv is looking best so far...thanks for the info ;-)
posted by matthelm at 4:20 PM on February 9, 2011

The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)'s News 24 station is pretty good, and apparently can be streamed from outside Aus now.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/abcnews24/

Obviously it can be a bit Australia-centric, but compared to the commercial networks, it's not too bad for world news. It's quite similar to BBC News.
posted by Diag at 4:57 PM on February 9, 2011

Livestation.com has a good selection of news channels.
posted by thejrt at 5:01 PM on February 9, 2011

Also: http://www.youtube.com/user/AlJazeeraEnglish
posted by Mister Bijou at 8:33 AM on February 10, 2011