Hulu Canada - Hulu Alternatives in Canada
71if you want to watch Hulu in Canada, you are mostly out of luck unless you want to set up a VPN (virtual private network). But just for the sake of watching a few tv shows, that's probably going to be a costly and time-consuming option for most people.
What you may not realize though is that there are plenty of Canadian websites that allow you to watch US tv shows in Canada. Your Canadian networks have content licenses from the content owners and in most cases, these licenses include internet streaming rights for Canadian viewers.
And like the US services such as Hulu, Joost and the various tv network websites, access to streaming content is restricted via ip address -- just in this instance, it's Canadian ip addresses that get the goodies. So while I can tell you what US shows are streaming on Canadian tv websites, I can't watch them myself and I can't watch any of the great Canadian tv shows that don't air in the US.
Watch American Shows on CTV
CTV Online probably has the biggest selection of American tv shows streaming online for Canadian viewers. And if your internet connection can handle it, they have HD content as well.
Some of the popular US shows that you can watch online on CTV are:
- Desperate Housewives
- ER
- Fringe
- Gossip Girl
- Greek
- Grey's Anatomy
- Lost
- Mad Men
- Private Practice
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- The Colbert Report
US TV Shows on GlobalTV
Next up is GlobalTV with another decent size list of US tv shows you'll be able to watch online if you live in Canada. US tv shows available include:
- 24
- 90210
- Bones
- Family Guy
- Harper's Island
- Heroes
- House
- Prison Break
- Saturday Night Live
- The Office
- The Unusuals
GlobalTV also streams a couple of US daytime soaps, Days of Our Lives and
The Young and the Restless.
Also, thanks to Kevin and James who left comments bringing a couple of other Canadian tv stations that stream online to my attention.
More Canadian tv streaming
- DiscoveryChannel.ca
The Canadian Discovery Channel also has a website where they stream their tv shows. You can watch, umm, Discovery channel type shows. - Space Video Player
On Spacecast you can watch shows like The Listener, Torchwood, Stormworld and Primeval.
CityTv
And finally you can pick up a couple of shows at CityTV. They don't have a lot, but if you want to watch Chuck or Ugly Betty, there's your solution!
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Don't forget MTV.ca
Much informative. This saves the TV lovers from wasting their time in simpley searching!
I heard Rogers is going to offer On Demand to subscribers online, any idea when?
Great post! You can also check the CBC website for shows like The Tudors, Being Erica, The Hour, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rick Mercer Report and more. It's not as intuitive as some websites - you need to click on the tabs for the different days to find the program you're looking for, then click on the link to the website for that program and that's where you'll find the streaming content. Only in Canada, you say? Pity...
This is great! Thanks for the post. Now if there were only a way, when I return to the states, to view in the US some of the great Canadian shows I've come to like while here in Canada.
I'm right there with you, Cathe. I'd love to see more Canadian shows on US television and on US websites.
I find these issues very strange, as all of English Canada watches US TV shows. Also, the best Cdn talents go on to work on US networks.
So why, pray tell are there laws that prevent telecommunications across North America? We lose our best to the US and then can't even access them on the internet with the rest of America. Must be about $$$.
In Ontario, I can watch CNN, ABC, Discovery Channel from US websites.
There are alternatives but there are a lot of shows that don't air anymore and rare stuff on Hulu that I would really like to watch. Hulu is the only place for some stuff I want to see. I think it is BS that they film so many shows/movies in Canada and yet we can't access their sites? Come on..If they want to use copyright/laws as an excuse then that makes sense for overseas places but not for Canada. 75% of content we see on TV is American..so it is a giant kick in the face not to be able to use Hulu. If they want to be greedy then get out and stop using our country/talent.
Here's the real deal. This is Canadian TV networks using our government (CRTC) to block Canadians from getting content direct from the US. The Canadian networks want us to watch US programing on their channels so we see Canadian advertising to go with it. It has little to do with protecting Canadian content or culture or whatever. It's about who has bought the rights to air US shows in Canada and it sucks!
Totally agree, Dig. It does suck. But at least Canadian networks are doing a better job at streaming content now than they were a little while ago. Sadly the amount of content is still not as wide as Hulu.
spencer says:
4 months ago
Thanks a million for this post man! good work