The thing I found striking about free streaming services is that they have a lot of stuff that Netflix used to have before they started focusing on original content.
And you just hit the nail on the head as to why Netflix is failing. It's not that they're bad at original content, some of it is really great. But they focused way too much on original content past a certain point and that was the problem. None of us payed for Netflix because of original stuff. We liked it because it had movies and shows we already liked/loved and a few really good originals. Now it's basically become the other way around.
Not sure if it's the same in the USA, but I live in Canada and for the past three years I've been able to watch the direct Eurovision livestreams from the official RUclips channel for free. Maybe try that?
Same with the Office here in the US. The first 3 seasons used to be free with ads, but when they realized that was all people were coming for so they locked the whole thing behind the pay wall. Can't even have a fraction of a series in this economy 💀💀💀
Tubi’s not bad tbh. They have some things you can’t find anywhere else. -Dan Vs. -Freakazoid -the 60’s Batman show -When the Wind Blows -The Oblongs -every Transformers show (including G1) -Sam & Max -all the Mario & Sonic cartoons -all of Steven Seagal’s late career “movies” (which are just a blast to watch when drunk) -the PJ’s -the OG A-Team -Reboot -LEGO Nijago -SUPER (2010) -Metropolis (1927) There’s a lot more I could list. But honestly I like Tubi for having these shows/movies that aren’t on any other platform.
I love Tubi, I'm ride or die for Tubi. If Tubi has a million fans I am one of them. If Tubi has one hundred fans I am one of them. If Tubu has ten fans I am one of them. If Tubi only has one fan that is me. If Tubi has no fans, that means I am no longer on this earth. If the world against Tubi, I am against the world.
Hey Billiam, The Hoopla borrowing limit is dependent on the library. It's not 9 for everyone. Each time an item is borrowed from Hoopla, the library is charged, so the library has to limit the number of borrows per patron. (And you're very lucky to have a library that offers 9!) Source: I work in a library.
Yep, it can get *insanely* expensive very quickly for a library system with Hoopla. I worked for one when they introduced Hoopla and the borrowing limit was 3/mo to test interest, but luckily the interest was there to where we could afford to bump it up to 5/mo and justify the cost vs usage. We weren't even a small library system either which speaks of how pricey the service was at the time when I worked there in 2016. Licensing with digital goods is a lot more pricey than people think it would be!
Huge props for promoting Hoopla and public libraries. Hoopla does have a limit, but it is partially due to the contract the library system has with the company (source: I work for a library and our checkout limit is 7 a month vs Billiam's 9). Another similar service is Kanopy, which tends to have more classic films and some documentaries. Both services usually cater a bit to the library's demographic and what items they can no longer provide physically.
The best thing on Quibi was the Princess Bride Home Movie, where they got celebrities to act out scenes from the Princess Bride alone in their backyards, and strung them together to remake the whole movie. They had a ton of The Office alumni, Stephan Merchant, Jack Black, Diego Luna, Bryan Cranston, and some of the actors from the OG film
I really enjoy Tubi and PlutoTV, they both have lots of mixed content and with Tubi they change it out regularly so theres always something different and I love PlutoTV because of its "TV like interface" perfect for watching in the morning or when you just don't want to think about it.
The fact that Tubi has all of the Super Sentai, and the Ultra Series, is enough for me to like it. I also like Pluto’s channels, because it allows me to just flip something on and ignore it, like regular TV.
I have heard rumours of a channel called "Tokushoutsu!" or something like that existing on Pluto TV, supposedly it plays ultraman and old Godzilla movies but I can't find it on Pluto TV, does it appear on yours?
Before the pandemic we had to do our methadone treatment groups in person. Which was uh, definitely something in downtown Portland Oregon. You best believe I knew every good thing playing on Tubi that day every time I did group 😂 and you know what that is still so awesome to me. I saw people who had no data on their little junky $20 Walmart card service Android phones. And they went from being absolutely miserable having nothing in life to look forward to, to excitedly telling me or a counselor about how they were able to watch a movie yesterday while they charged their phone in the library. And how it was either a movie they loved as a kid, or something they'd never seen before that they thought was so awesome. There was one guy in group who honest to God it helped him get clean because instead of having absolutely nothing to do in between constant job interviews and attempts to get housing but spend his food stamps on drugs that would dull his brain until his next interview or odd job, he could go to the library, plug his phone in, and watch some movies. He eventually got a job cleaning some barber shop and he would just cast his shit to their big ole TV and watch stuff with the customers while he cleaned. Everyone loved him and it ended up turning his life completely around. Last time I talked to him he said he wants to study cinematography and it's history at the community college at some point! We always talked about cinematography before and after groups. He didn't know any terminology but you could tell he had a real passion for it. I hope he's doing good and gets to take those classes(: he was a real sweet gentleman who had just been dealt a horribly rough hand in life. He had gotten to a year clean in February of this year and I really hope he makes it to 2💖
Keep taking it one day at a time, and thank you for sharing what you did. I hope the methadone is working for you. Buprenorphine might be an option for you down the road for you. I hope you go far in your sobriety.
Tubi and Pluto Tv are actually pretty top tier, at least when it comes to horror movies. They do have a lot of 2005 … interesting ones but also a lot of cult classic stuff that I think make it worth it. Like suspira, black Christmas (1978?) , fright night (1985) etc
I agree. Plus I like the special channels PlutoTV likes to pull sometimes. They had a 007 channel for Bond’s 50th anniversary and when No Time to Die was about to come out. Tubi sometimes has classic movie gems like the Scarlet and the Black. I was even able to rewatch the whole Twilight film series without dropping a penny. I think it deserves a higher tier
Tubi has an unmatched Horror section. Got a bunch of older Italian horrors that are definitely worth watching. Blood and Black Lace and Phenomena are worth checking out
Tubi unironically bangs like there was a long time when I was strapped for cash and they had so many good movies on there like old foreign and cheesy horror cult films like they may no joke be one of my favorites
Someone might’ve mentioned this already but ‘Kanopy’. Expenses made my library library system cutoff Hoople but we still remain with Kanopy which is friggin awesome for providing indie,arthouse and foreign movies, contemporary and dated sorts. Also they have a kid’s section.
Tubi is definitely my most-used out of these. They have a surprising amount of quality stuff on there that's just not around anymore, at least not without paying an arm and a leg. The only other one I use is the Roku Channel and that's just for the free episodes of old af Doctor Who
I was literally thinking about doing this. Roku TV, Tubi, and even RUclips are what I'm using the most and honestly the anime section and horror sections are mile deep oceans. 😂
@@rustinashackleford1367 I just downloaded it after billiam mentioned it! It's got the in/famous ghost stories english dub and a lot of other older but classic animes like hajimo ippo.
A lot of the free streaming services are really good and we should be using them more. The problem with the "premium" streaming services is that they have become too arrogant as to what they think they deserve to be paid for. We need to embrace these free platforms and force the bigger platforms to compete with them. They have a lot of content, like the Flinstones, you won't find on services that spend all their money on short, temporary licenses and the production of "original content".
I’m glad you covered these services because my parents want to save money so we use a lot of free services, a lot of times I felt left out from other peers who were talking about the hot new show on Disney or Netflix. I felt embarrassed using them at first but now I’m surprised with the content I can find on there that I couldn’t anywhere else. When I was sick I went on a binge of foreign war movies on Roku that I had trouble finding elsewhere.
@@CoconutGirl333 that’s what my friend who uses Netflix says because he really uses it for Stranger Things. I can find most non-originals online and as physical copies, so why pay more for a bunch of shitty shows I’ll never watch (plus giving money to the people who platformed Cuties? ew)?
@@CoconutGirl333 Netflix often swings and misses with a lot of their original content, but when they hit they make some of the best tv shows. Arcane and Hill House/Bly Manor are some of the best shows I have seen and is worth the subscription.
@@effbar2400 yeah, i feel like my generation has kinda forgotten that you can very easily find pirated stuff. like if you can't afford streaming services, just steal it! no one cares!
I just NOW came across your channel while desperately trying to find something OTHER than what RUclips keeps shoving in my face... and damn, I wish I knew about you ages ago!! Such a refreshing break from crazy murder stuff, Icebergs, Rabbit Holes and the trash talking RUclipsrs talking trash on other RUclipsrs all because I watched like ONE video for those things ages ago! I'll be binging on your stuff while waiting for Internet Historian (also Leona's Workshop if you like anime and figurine painting) to drop us another upload! Yay!! Totally looking forward to diving into your channel!! Hope all is well with you and thanks for putting the time, effort and hard work into your content!!
This is pretty interesting. Glad to see more people highlight some of the free streaming services. Roku Channel even has series that were not released anywhere else like Cold Case or Third Watch. I just wish one of them would have older seasons of Cops. (Pluto has a few from season 10+ )
Librarian in the US here, you milage with hoopla will vary. Different systems allow for different numbers of checkouts a month. For instance, I can get 25 items a month though one county. Overall, it's a great service. Your library may also have access to a service called Overdrive that will have some movies available as well. There are limited checkouts there and the availability of the app across devices isn't as great as hoopla but still have access to content there. P.S. props for Billiam for shouting out library services. Everyone should have a library card for that amazing free content.
Tubi is legit. It reminds me a lot of my weekends as a kid in the 90s browsing the syndicated over-the-air channels for cool older and obscure movies and tv shows. Great way to spend a rainy Saturday.
I only found out about the Librarians series because they used one of my pins in an episode. It's a long weird rabbit hole and it's now my goal to have more things show up in strange series I end up becoming obsessed with.
Kanopy is also another awesome streaming service through the library. They have a limit of 5 borrows per month but they have a whole range of movies from classics to contemporary movies though the selection tilts towards mostly art house and independent films.
The borrowing limit differs between libraries, it seems - I have two libraries signed up through Kanopy, one provides 6 credits and the other provides a whopping 20. Either way, if you have or can sign up with multiple library systems, you'll get more out of it
What I can appreciate with Pluto TV, is that it has all the 90s Super Sentai Series from Shout Factory. If you’re a fan of Tokusatsu, partially Sentai and Kamen Rider, you don’t have any options for legal streaming in the west. At least for watching the newest series. Although Shout Factory is helping to make that less of an issue.
I am SO GLAD someone is finally appreciating Desperate Housewives, not sure if you’ve finished it by now but it gets WILD as the series goes on, I genuinely enjoy it more than most other TV shows I watch
I love the Roku channel, because it has lots of high-paid shows and movies that you would think to find on paid services. This includes Alone (5+ seasons), Coach (Just funny), etc. Many other good shows are on there too.
I will defend Tubi until I die just because it has 95% of my favorite obscure cartoons I watched as a kid in the late 90s early 2000s. I used a free trial of Quibi just to watch their season of Reno911 and they did have some fun with the platform. They'd give you different angles/settings depending on if you had your phone in landscape or portrait. It was a fun little touch.
I feel the concept of quibi is neat. Probably would have lasted longer had it not come out during quarantine when everyone could just use their tv or laptops.
36:14 Fun fact: The Frogger game show is made by the last remnants of 4kids, currently known as Konami Cross Media NY (Konami rebranded what was previously 4kids Productions and 4K Media Group twice in the last two decades so this comment is probably now already dated lol), they mostly do localizations of Yugioh anime and games but with the current Branding, Konami has had them branch out to other franchises (apparently they localized Bomberan R even though that came out before the current rebrand? IDK, I can only find plans for media spinoffs).
@@phoenixfritzinger9185 Ony by that technicality. They even have Joey's voice actor voicing a chair in Sevens. I am _not_ making that up. (though said chair has no voice lines in the Nail event in Duel Links, even though his English localized voice debuted in the Yugioh Sevens Nintendo Switch eshop game Konami shadow dropped)
Also, YES. I'm so happy you've discovered Columbo!! I grew up with Columbo, and he's awesome. Never underestimate him. Columbo's true power is that he can hide his hyperintelligence and powers of deduction under a shabby trenchcoat and a puppy dog guise of never really knowing what the suspect is thinking, all while staying two steps ahead of them at nearly every turn. It takes really clever writing and a great performance to pull that off, and Columbo and Peter Falks do just that. (And, fun fact, only one of Falks's eyes was real. If you watch the closeups, you can tell which one was glass.)
I highly recommend reading Peter Falk's biography. It was written as his Alzheimer's took hold. But is a glorious collection of his life...the story of his eye, his amazing mother. Being the first American to enter a country after a war (I forget where that was), how he had to make an announcement to the people of another country that their leader (dictator) wasn't censoring Columbo. It's called Just One More Thing - stories from my life. Sending you a virtual hug from the UK xx
@@snugglebugglewoowoo I forgot about that biography!! I remember hearing about it and trying to get it for my mom who loved both Peter Falks and Columbo (and introduced me to both). I've added it to my TBR. (And thanks for spelling Falks right. I don't know why, but whenever I go to spell it, I spell it wrong even though I've seen it in the Columbo credits a million times. lol) Thank you!! Sending virtual hugs right back.
@@SunnysFilms hi there. Falk is a tricky name, it feels as though it needs an s, even though there isn't one!!! I had to check it before I typed my comment above about the book. Did you know that the dog "Dog" was actually his own? He rescued many dogs and was quite an accomplished artist. Move virtual hugs to youx
Nothing brings me more joy than browsing on youtube and discovering a random tv show is officially free to watch. Discovering Code Lyoko was free years ago was the first time I took notice. Then stuff like Donkey Kong Country, some random Sony cartoons, old Sonic shows(all the DIC stuff and Sonic X) and even recently Disney started uploading their old catalog on youtube. You can watch the first season of Phineas and Ferb and 2017 Ducktales free on youtube. That's just cool.
I'm surprised the Quibi or whatever model never took off with adapdations of comic strips. A lot of the issue with adapdations of stuff like Peanuts, Phantom, Judge Dredd, etc, is there the quick, strip-a-day/week format doesn't translate for traditionally length media formats like TV or films, but would work a lot better for 8-11 minute shorts that build up while being mostly self contained.
I would love to have a similar thing for documentaries and science communication. It's the sort of thing that RUclips and TikTok have perfected in short form, where their fiction stuff is much more niche -- seems odd that they'd go straight for big fictional IPs tbh
If they where to be animated that may have costed more than cheaply shot live-action. Even if its shorter animation is still pricey and clearly quibi was going for maximum profit with minimal spending. But I think they should have at least attempted that angle with a handful of iconic franchises like you mentioned.
if quibi launched without the subscription i think it would take off because i think its such a good idea for a service and as someone with a shorty attention span it would be the perfect service for me
I think the reason why it failed is because it was only made for people to watch on the go on their phone amd it launched at the wrong time which was at the very beginning of the pandemic where most people were looking to watch long form content.It could have just been released before the pandemic or this year where there are not hardly any lockdowns anymore.
Desperate Housewives honestly slaps. Too many people write it off because it’s “soapy”, but it has made me laugh out loud among other things. You mentioned Kyle MacLahlan earlier and he has a pretty huge role in the later seasons.
As someone that got Xfinity flex, I was surprised to see how many streaming apps it offers that were never advertised on tv. Best experience I had that made me wish I got this service long time ago. If you're an anime fan, you're in for a big surprised by how much anime content the majority of these streaming apps offer. Even if you're not an anime fan, there's a LOT of stuff to look at and you will be nostalgic by the shows you'll find there.
Librarian here. Hoopla does vary wildly in its content, but overall, I highly recommend it (unless, as you said, you're doing a binge watch). It's perfect if you're like me watching a serialized TV show at the end of the day and you've got maybe two hours in you before bed time.
I Love Tubi as my sorta "anything is possible" streaming service option. U really never know whats on there hiding away in the corners, like alot of the Jerry Anderson shows, tokusatsu/kaiju stuff, alot of classic anime (I just watched Megazone 23 pt. 1 and loved it), and honestly alot of shows I hadnt thought about in years! Always comes highly recommended
I'll never get tired of listening to this man tell me about things I've heard about once and never thought of again in his classic "about to lose it" voice.
1. tubi is absolutely top tier for horror content. they have so many niche, foreign, and cult horror movies that are either hard to find or literally nowhere else 2. all these streaming services have columbo, but nOWHERE HAS QUINCY M.E. AND ITS A TRAVESTY 3. the librarians is a criminally underrated show/movie(s). it’s definitely cheesy, but super fun to watch. 10/10, would recommend (along with quincy m.e. if anyone had access to it)
In The UK, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 all have their own free streaming services, the BBC have BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds(for their radio), ITV has ITV Hub(ITVX in December), Channel 4 has All4(or just Channel 4) and Channel 5 has My5(confusing as when 5Demand rebranded to My5, Channel 5 decided to also make a TV channel called My5, which is now known as 5Action)
I absolutely adore iPlayer and All 4 especially the latter having adult swim shows for free. However, I don't know how ITV made hub worse with ITVX but boy howdy they sure did especially now there's a premium subscription.
Trevor Noah is definitely a gamer. He's been building his own gaming computers since he was a teenager and he's pretty competitive at Warzone. And he's an excellent interviewer. But it takes different skills than those to make Let's Plays great.
Pluto and Tubi are my go tos for streaming, mostly thanks to them having a whole lot of Mystery Science Theater and Rifftrax stuff, and some niche Japanese action for me and other weirdos
In Australia all our free to air channels have a free streaming catch up service, they also often have good movies on them for free. SBS and ABC in particular have terrific free stuff!
A reason why I like Tubi a lot too is because they also have some Cantonese shows from TVB in their catalogue which is nice. I wish there was a category for it so I didn’t have to look for them among other international releases but at least they have them
I will say, the thing about these that you forgot to mention, at least in regards to Tubi (and maybe others I am not as experienced with them) is just how deep their international library is. These free services have more non-english fare then most paid services
I watched both parts of Lost and then talked to several friends about it. One who actually was a Lost fan, and they tried to quiz me on the show. I answered every question accurately, thank you for providing me this information and entertainment.
I actually explored a lot of these recently while traveling across the US, as each Airbnb I stayed at had different free offerings and streaming services. Watched a whole bunch of free content like The Matrix, Absolutely Anything and Killer Klowns on Freevee and Pluto and Tubi :)
13:22 isn’t that a fantasy novel character or am I thinking of something else, either way this streaming service is somehow more obscure than the obscure character.
You mentioned having cable and forced to discover new shows. I was at a hotel 2 weeks ago and discovered Impractical Jokers. I didn't realize how funny that show is.
I work for an ISP/cable company and get all my stuff for free so I've never looked at any of these free streaming services. I love seeing all these bizarre exclusive movies and shows they have it's pretty hilarious. Definitely reminds me of the early days of streaming movies on Netflix when you could have Xbox watch parties and pick out terrible movies and just laugh together
Tubi definitely interested me due to it's selection of old cartoons that you can't really find anywhere else, including shows from the Hub Network and Discovery Kids like Pound Puppies, Transformers Prime, G.I. Joe Renegades, Dan Vs., Littlest Pet Shop, Aquabats Super Show, and even The Future Is Wild.
Out of these, the ones I'm most familiar with are Tubi and Pluto. Tubi I know because my parents have been using it for the past year or so to watch all 1200+ episodes of Dark Shadows. As for Pluto, I've got a friend whose mom is really fond of it - every time I visit them she's watching old Price is Right episodes on it. Oh, just one more thing. Hearing that Columbo is free on a bunch of these makes me genuinely happy, because I grew up watching Columbo reruns with my grandmother, so I have a bit of nostalgia for him.
Tubi has a ton of Transformers shows that you wouldn’t get anywhere else. Like the last 2 seasons of TF Prime when Netflix removed those. It’s really a booster pack for the streaming services you already have.
Columbo is one of my favorite shows ever. Gem after gem after gem." Leonard Nimoy, a stitch in crime " "whatever the name of the dick van dyke episode is" is pure GOLD! Dick van dyke as a villain is just amazing, he's diabolical and it's so unbelievable to see him in a role like that. Columbo is magnificent
I LOVED The Librarians TV series in middle school. Watched it with my dad until season 5, when it got real confusing. I'm a huge mythology nerd, so it really scratched that one itch.
Could move Tubi from C to B tier on the fact that at least in the US, it is the best place to find Tokusatsu shows from Shout Factory releases like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai which I think their entire catalog that got an DVD release its all here ( including Kamen Rider Zero-One which got a Blu-Ray release in the US this january )
@@AKUNJIG PlutoTV has a shout factory channel too. It’s how I watched Kakuranger (1994) in it’s entirety and good luck finding that even pirated on the internet and it not be subbed in English. I also found Kamen Rider Blade on Tubi at one point.
I was surprised when I saw them but it has sentai like Wild Force, Alien, and Lost Galaxy that I didn’t grow up with besides Hurrricanager (Ninja Storm). Hard for me to watch 80s-90s Tokusatus
@@Iceechibi Its pretty easy actually to find Kakuranger DB Rips or fansubs though? although most are just the Shout Factory Source that have burned in subtitles ( which is why I still pirate seasons from Hurricanger and below myself ) Just ask someone about "that" cat site, and have a good bittorrent client would recommend Qbittorrent myself saying this as someone living outside the US, as it is not that easy to get a hold on the DVD's unless you buy them in the US, or have a proxy service that takes your package to ther regions ( me being Latin American )
The other library card streaming service in the US is Kanopy. They also have a monthly borrow limit of 10. But they do have movies like moonlight, lady bird, the florida project. They also seem to have more of the indie or classic style movies that you'd find at a sundance festival or seem like they should be part of the criterion collection.
I love Pluto TV because it just emulates the feeling of channel surfing that’s well…you know… It just takes me back to before all this streaming confusion.
I've started watching anime on Tubi because I was surprised it had a decent line up. I finished Gansta and Arakawa Under the Bridge recently which I greatly enjoyed. It's fun browsing through the older anime and see what I've never known existed. It even had Robot Carnival which was an OVA I've been wanting to watch for a few years! (Also Dan Vs. is on Tubi which is the best)
Crackle used to be available in Canada. It’s changed a lot. It used to have just a small selection of movies and TV shows that were available for a month and then gone. They had some good stuff, major titles and such. Now it’s quantity over quality.
tubi is maybe my favorite streaming service because it so consistently has weird shit i happen to be looking for lol. it is the home of so-bad-its-good, cult classics, b-horror, and random old shit. and that is half of what i watch lmao
Freevee is so good. I have been looking for a lighthearted western for a while and one of the first shows I saw on Freevee was Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. The ads are never longer than a minute and a half and I’ve been using it more than Netflix recently.
Im going to watch the next, 12 hour long, Lost video like I did the rest. In one sitting and in a state of pure joy listening to Billiam condense the one damned show I cant slog through into an increasingly sizable fraction of the shows runtime.
There's a lot of high-quality hidden gem in Pluto and Tubi. Satoshi Kon's movies, The Hunt, Lupin 3rd series, and so much more. Tubi got bigger library and somewhat better UI, but one thing I like about Pluto (other than their Star Trek catalogue) is they repeat their catalogue often. Didn't have time to watch The Commence? Just wait a month or two, it'll come back. Too bad they only have Mythbuster in the UK version of the app.
I've found some truly free streaming services. One weird I found was only available on the Samsung store on my Blu-ray player, haven't seen much though as my brother keeps taking the HDMI cable for something else. On the TV I downloaded Cartoons which shows someone's VLC playlist of unlicensed cartoons, no ads and no control over what will be shown. It's weird but I like putting it on when I'm sick.
I really, really enjoy your content. I even watched all 7+ hours of your Lost retrospective & I've never watched a single episode of Lost iny life, lolz I find your delivery so endearing, I'll literally watch any content you upload, Mister Thank you for being 🙃
The UK has a few free streaming services based on the main TV channels over here (BBC iplayer, ITV hub, All 4, My5). These streaming services are more about watching shows after they've aired on the main channel meaning most shows on the services have only certain episodes available at a time with them being taken down after like a month and being replaced by a different episode. Despite this the services do have some shows that are available in their entirety without said time limit, for example All4 has all of Fraiser. The services also have movies as well with the movies being whatever was shown on the main TV channel. The services also let the user watch the TV channels live.
@@ericli4119 My understanding is that most people don't pay for a TV liscence and there's no way to verify if you have one or not. When I tried to sign up for it, it was my lack of a UK address to tie it to that stopped me.
After watching this video I checked out Freevee (in the uk) and found a documentary that looked interesting and chucked it on. I absolutely loved the fact that there was no effort at all put into editing the right moments to put their advert breaks in. Watching the documentary you can literally see where the adverts were originally placed when it was broadcast on TV but on here they would just start out of nowhere In the middle of a scene and for whatever reason I absolutely love it! Thanks for this video as I can see me going down a rabbit hole here
Most countries have at least one public broadcaster that has at least one streaming service (BBC iPlayer, ABC iView and SBS On Demand in Australia, whatever the Canadian one is). These are really great and have high quality shows from around the world (including the US) and anyone can watch for free with no ads if they have a VPN. In Australia at least the commercial channels also offer free, ad supported online streaming services that are decent too.
Aussie here, but from what I know, the CBC isn’t really a public service like ABC and BBC, they’re a company instead of a government corporation and their channels have ads and whatnot from what I’ve heard, could be wrong though
Hey, I'm part of that international group of people that watches your content. I'm from Mexico and I've got a few corrections only, Plex and PlutoTV are available in my country! Also, you didn't mention Pokémon TV which, well, it's only Pokémon stuff but it doesn't have all of the seasons or all of the movies, it shuffles its content every week or two I believe.
I’m surprised you didn’t talk much about the frequency of ads on the various platforms. For me, that’s what makes or breaks the service. Tubi’s ad frequency is reasonable IMO, some of the others are too much. I’ll take your advice and sample FreeVee at some point, even though I’m not the biggest tv / steaming service watcher.
The ads on youtube alone drive me insane i cant imagine these other services. I remember when crackle first launched i swear it was every 5 minutes to a break
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The thing I found striking about free streaming services is that they have a lot of stuff that Netflix used to have before they started focusing on original content.
Exactly. They have a lot of stuff you'll never see on the pay services.
And you just hit the nail on the head as to why Netflix is failing. It's not that they're bad at original content, some of it is really great. But they focused way too much on original content past a certain point and that was the problem. None of us payed for Netflix because of original stuff. We liked it because it had movies and shows we already liked/loved and a few really good originals. Now it's basically become the other way around.
@@jbmp1390 no, it’s because they are bad at it.
If it was actually good you wouldn’t care
Right you would expect the crappy stuff you settle for. But Tubi is great tons of shit I actually like and i use it often.
@@XWierdThingsHappenX Tubi has a lot of good b rated movies.
Tubi is seriously legit if you are a horror fan, their selection is INSANE. So many obscure and cult horror movies. It's amazing.
Pretty sure it had ReAnimator and I was so happy that I could watch it for free
I was disapointed that he didn't bring that up in the video.
FOR REAL!! watched Slaughter High the other night, 100% recommend.
Very much agreed
Always check every month for the new stuff!! Pluto TV also tends to be fucking AMAZING I watched the entire Saw Franchise on it
I still can’t forgive Peacock for originally having Eurovision for free until they realized how popular it is and *then* putting it behind a paywall.
that is so transparently scummy
Not sure if it's the same in the USA, but I live in Canada and for the past three years I've been able to watch the direct Eurovision livestreams from the official RUclips channel for free. Maybe try that?
Same with the Office here in the US. The first 3 seasons used to be free with ads, but when they realized that was all people were coming for so they locked the whole thing behind the pay wall. Can't even have a fraction of a series in this economy 💀💀💀
The year I am actually ready to watch Eurovision too
And now raising the prices which has caused me to instantly cancel the service
Tubi’s not bad tbh. They have some things you can’t find anywhere else.
-Dan Vs.
-Freakazoid
-the 60’s Batman show
-When the Wind Blows
-The Oblongs
-every Transformers show (including G1)
-Sam & Max
-all the Mario & Sonic cartoons
-all of Steven Seagal’s late career “movies” (which are just a blast to watch when drunk)
-the PJ’s
-the OG A-Team
-Reboot
-LEGO Nijago
-SUPER (2010)
-Metropolis (1927)
There’s a lot more I could list. But honestly I like Tubi for having these shows/movies that aren’t on any other platform.
YESSS!! i binged freakazoid and am currently watching dan vs. such underrated shows today, they're so funny
they have ultraman too
at one point the even had the Aliens franchise.
Also the mr. Beast show apparently
Damn I thought my Tubi was good but now it sounds crap coz I don't have any of this 🥲
I love Tubi, I'm ride or die for Tubi. If Tubi has a million fans I am one of them. If Tubi has one hundred fans I am one of them. If Tubu has ten fans I am one of them. If Tubi only has one fan that is me. If Tubi has no fans, that means I am no longer on this earth. If the world against Tubi, I am against the world.
I love the tokusatsu shows on Tubi. Ultraman, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. Also love the old hammer horror films they have on there.
I been saying it for years now. Tubi is Legit. 👍 They have an AMAZING list of movies and TV Shows of all kinds of genres.
@@dutchmcgee101 hammer horror ?
@@PopCultureGian yeah with Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing
@@PopCultureGian Hammer Films
I am a die-hard Tubi fan. I’ve found so many obscure movies on it. Really old cult classics. Really underrated streaming service.
It's definitely made for a certain kind of person... that being said I love it myself
Lots of good b movie horror titles and westerns even
I watched every Pam Greer flick on Tubi a few years back. Commercials or not, the movies were uncut and awesome.
no budget movies are my fav part their so odd an fun
I watch color me blood red and something weird all the time
Hey Billiam,
The Hoopla borrowing limit is dependent on the library. It's not 9 for everyone. Each time an item is borrowed from Hoopla, the library is charged, so the library has to limit the number of borrows per patron. (And you're very lucky to have a library that offers 9!)
Source: I work in a library.
Commi
@@beanerjoe3001 Warm blooded Merican.
Mine always limited the borrows to 5 and I've always wondered why. I figured since it was digital I could borrow unlimited-ly
Yep, it can get *insanely* expensive very quickly for a library system with Hoopla. I worked for one when they introduced Hoopla and the borrowing limit was 3/mo to test interest, but luckily the interest was there to where we could afford to bump it up to 5/mo and justify the cost vs usage. We weren't even a small library system either which speaks of how pricey the service was at the time when I worked there in 2016. Licensing with digital goods is a lot more pricey than people think it would be!
my library allows 15 a month 🎉
Huge props for promoting Hoopla and public libraries.
Hoopla does have a limit, but it is partially due to the contract the library system has with the company (source: I work for a library and our checkout limit is 7 a month vs Billiam's 9).
Another similar service is Kanopy, which tends to have more classic films and some documentaries.
Both services usually cater a bit to the library's demographic and what items they can no longer provide physically.
I blinked at the 9 limit, mine is 21 per month. I mainly use it for audiobooks not movies or tv shows.
The best thing on Quibi was the Princess Bride Home Movie, where they got celebrities to act out scenes from the Princess Bride alone in their backyards, and strung them together to remake the whole movie. They had a ton of The Office alumni, Stephan Merchant, Jack Black, Diego Luna, Bryan Cranston, and some of the actors from the OG film
That’s on RUclips too!
I really enjoy Tubi and PlutoTV, they both have lots of mixed content and with Tubi they change it out regularly so theres always something different and I love PlutoTV because of its "TV like interface" perfect for watching in the morning or when you just don't want to think about it.
bruh the scam bot didn't even have the right channel
I keep my Pluto channel on the Naruto channel lol
@@whooah I didn't know they have a Naruto channel.
It’s like the best of both worlds
@@grizzlycharizard0017 they do, it's great. They show all of part one over and over lol
The fact that Tubi has all of the Super Sentai, and the Ultra Series, is enough for me to like it. I also like Pluto’s channels, because it allows me to just flip something on and ignore it, like regular TV.
Even got some Kamen Rider!
I have heard rumours of a channel called "Tokushoutsu!" or something like that existing on Pluto TV, supposedly it plays ultraman and old Godzilla movies but I can't find it on Pluto TV, does it appear on yours?
@@sighberspook2021 It's there. They also stream on Twitch 24/7. On PlutoTV Tokushoutsu is channel 2430
Also can watch blade runner 2049 with mere ease
I'm shocked that they have the oblongs, I'd thought it'd be on HBO max because it started on the WB. Also Will Ferrell is in it as the dad.
TUBI gets a 10/10 from me because of all the crazy obscure horror movies.
Midnight meat train is totally underrated
@@Nextdoorredhead that ending totally caught me off guard
Literally one of the only places I could find Martyrs on, gotta respect Tubi for that alone
@@michaelvessel4604 that movie was a trip but I’d still watch it again and again 😂😂
Terrifier 👍
Before the pandemic we had to do our methadone treatment groups in person. Which was uh, definitely something in downtown Portland Oregon. You best believe I knew every good thing playing on Tubi that day every time I did group 😂 and you know what that is still so awesome to me. I saw people who had no data on their little junky $20 Walmart card service Android phones. And they went from being absolutely miserable having nothing in life to look forward to, to excitedly telling me or a counselor about how they were able to watch a movie yesterday while they charged their phone in the library. And how it was either a movie they loved as a kid, or something they'd never seen before that they thought was so awesome. There was one guy in group who honest to God it helped him get clean because instead of having absolutely nothing to do in between constant job interviews and attempts to get housing but spend his food stamps on drugs that would dull his brain until his next interview or odd job, he could go to the library, plug his phone in, and watch some movies. He eventually got a job cleaning some barber shop and he would just cast his shit to their big ole TV and watch stuff with the customers while he cleaned. Everyone loved him and it ended up turning his life completely around. Last time I talked to him he said he wants to study cinematography and it's history at the community college at some point! We always talked about cinematography before and after groups. He didn't know any terminology but you could tell he had a real passion for it. I hope he's doing good and gets to take those classes(: he was a real sweet gentleman who had just been dealt a horribly rough hand in life. He had gotten to a year clean in February of this year and I really hope he makes it to 2💖
Good for you! It's never too late to go to school, pursue ur passion. Don't let anyone tell u any different
Keep taking it one day at a time, and thank you for sharing what you did. I hope the methadone is working for you. Buprenorphine might be an option for you down the road for you. I hope you go far in your sobriety.
Ewww, stop brainwashing people into being corporate machines
What a delightful, inspiring story. Thanks for sharing. I hope he's thriving.
Oh hey, you're also from Portland! I wonder if I've seen that clinic recently, since I just moved to downtown.
Tubi and Pluto Tv are actually pretty top tier, at least when it comes to horror movies. They do have a lot of 2005 … interesting ones but also a lot of cult classic stuff that I think make it worth it. Like suspira, black Christmas (1978?) , fright night (1985) etc
I agree. Plus I like the special channels PlutoTV likes to pull sometimes. They had a 007 channel for Bond’s 50th anniversary and when No Time to Die was about to come out.
Tubi sometimes has classic movie gems like the Scarlet and the Black. I was even able to rewatch the whole Twilight film series without dropping a penny. I think it deserves a higher tier
I watch the horror channel all the time on Pluto. It’s great
Tubi has an unmatched Horror section. Got a bunch of older Italian horrors that are definitely worth watching. Blood and Black Lace and Phenomena are worth checking out
I was the dialogue editor for Love and Penguins. You’ve made my day.
Tubi unironically bangs like there was a long time when I was strapped for cash and they had so many good movies on there like old foreign and cheesy horror cult films like they may no joke be one of my favorites
Here’s a little thing about Tubi: they’ve got dozens of old episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
You’re welcome.
Pluto also has a MST3k channel (and rifftrax).
Think I know what I'm putting on in the background while I work tomorrow lol
Tubi also has Rifftrax
Nice to see Columbo getting the love he deserves. Great show.
Someone might’ve mentioned this already but ‘Kanopy’. Expenses made my library library system cutoff Hoople but we still remain with Kanopy which is friggin awesome for providing indie,arthouse and foreign movies, contemporary and dated sorts. Also they have a kid’s section.
Sounds interesting - thanks!
Ooooooh this is interesting. Does anyone know if they're available in the UK?
I had a lot of problems with Kanopy. It was constantly crashing so I deleted it.
Yeah!! I watched Eraserhead a year or so ago and that was the only place I could find it
Tubi is definitely my most-used out of these. They have a surprising amount of quality stuff on there that's just not around anymore, at least not without paying an arm and a leg.
The only other one I use is the Roku Channel and that's just for the free episodes of old af Doctor Who
I just hate the name. For some reason it make me think of tubgirl.
@@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo Yum.
@@WhereAllYourDeletedCommentsGo okay?
Nice. I stopped using Pluto due to excessive ads. Nice it's Tubi and RUclips
I was literally thinking about doing this. Roku TV, Tubi, and even RUclips are what I'm using the most and honestly the anime section and horror sections are mile deep oceans. 😂
Just had a flashback of free crunchyroll as a teen.... getting shown the same heart medication ad 3 times in a row 😕
@@haughtygarbage5848 lol skill issue
Same plus the cartoons. I also use pluto tv and some plexi for it
if your into anime I highly suggest RetroCrush as well (only available as an app on tvs and phones I think)
@@rustinashackleford1367 I just downloaded it after billiam mentioned it! It's got the in/famous ghost stories english dub and a lot of other older but classic animes like hajimo ippo.
A lot of the free streaming services are really good and we should be using them more. The problem with the "premium" streaming services is that they have become too arrogant as to what they think they deserve to be paid for. We need to embrace these free platforms and force the bigger platforms to compete with them. They have a lot of content, like the Flinstones, you won't find on services that spend all their money on short, temporary licenses and the production of "original content".
look what netflix announced just the other day 💀 idc if its deleted now it just supports this statement 100%
Scooby Doo is another one that is barely on streaming services, ironically enough.
I’m glad you covered these services because my parents want to save money so we use a lot of free services, a lot of times I felt left out from other peers who were talking about the hot new show on Disney or Netflix. I felt embarrassed using them at first but now I’m surprised with the content I can find on there that I couldn’t anywhere else. When I was sick I went on a binge of foreign war movies on Roku that I had trouble finding elsewhere.
Honestly, you’re not missing anything with the popular shows on Netflix and stuff. They’re usually overhyped and mediocre.
@@CoconutGirl333 that’s what my friend who uses Netflix says because he really uses it for Stranger Things. I can find most non-originals online and as physical copies, so why pay more for a bunch of shitty shows I’ll never watch (plus giving money to the people who platformed Cuties? ew)?
@@CoconutGirl333 Netflix often swings and misses with a lot of their original content, but when they hit they make some of the best tv shows.
Arcane and Hill House/Bly Manor are some of the best shows I have seen and is worth the subscription.
@@kiplingwasafurry1108pirate shit
@@effbar2400 yeah, i feel like my generation has kinda forgotten that you can very easily find pirated stuff. like if you can't afford streaming services, just steal it! no one cares!
I just NOW came across your channel while desperately trying to find something OTHER than what RUclips keeps shoving in my face... and damn, I wish I knew about you ages ago!! Such a refreshing break from crazy murder stuff, Icebergs, Rabbit Holes and the trash talking RUclipsrs talking trash on other RUclipsrs all because I watched like ONE video for those things ages ago! I'll be binging on your stuff while waiting for Internet Historian (also Leona's Workshop if you like anime and figurine painting) to drop us another upload!
Yay!! Totally looking forward to diving into your channel!!
Hope all is well with you and thanks for putting the time, effort and hard work into your content!!
The Librarian Franchise is one of my favorite non-mainstream franchise's. It hits all of my interest centers. It freaking slaps.
It's crazy that he and George Cooley were cast mates on ER. Noah Wyle so clearly wanted to be what Clooney became!
Same !!!! The show goes so hard too (even if the ending is a tad disappointing)
A friend and i just finished watching the trilogy last night! Love those movies so much, need to watch the tv series at some point
This is pretty interesting. Glad to see more people highlight some of the free streaming services. Roku Channel even has series that were not released anywhere else like Cold Case or Third Watch. I just wish one of them would have older seasons of Cops. (Pluto has a few from season 10+ )
Only boot lickers wanna watch cops wtf
Librarian in the US here, you milage with hoopla will vary. Different systems allow for different numbers of checkouts a month. For instance, I can get 25 items a month though one county. Overall, it's a great service. Your library may also have access to a service called Overdrive that will have some movies available as well. There are limited checkouts there and the availability of the app across devices isn't as great as hoopla but still have access to content there.
P.S. props for Billiam for shouting out library services. Everyone should have a library card for that amazing free content.
Tubi is legit. It reminds me a lot of my weekends as a kid in the 90s browsing the syndicated over-the-air channels for cool older and obscure movies and tv shows. Great way to spend a rainy Saturday.
I only found out about the Librarians series because they used one of my pins in an episode. It's a long weird rabbit hole and it's now my goal to have more things show up in strange series I end up becoming obsessed with.
Kanopy is also another awesome streaming service through the library. They have a limit of 5 borrows per month but they have a whole range of movies from classics to contemporary movies though the selection tilts towards mostly art house and independent films.
The borrowing limit differs between libraries, it seems - I have two libraries signed up through Kanopy, one provides 6 credits and the other provides a whopping 20. Either way, if you have or can sign up with multiple library systems, you'll get more out of it
12 a month for me but the catalogue is quite small
I use Kanopy because i'm a univercity student
What I can appreciate with Pluto TV, is that it has all the 90s Super Sentai Series from Shout Factory. If you’re a fan of Tokusatsu, partially Sentai and Kamen Rider, you don’t have any options for legal streaming in the west. At least for watching the newest series. Although Shout Factory is helping to make that less of an issue.
Thank you. Always on the lookout for Tokusatsu options.
@@UnrealKi2 Tubi also has Ultraman, Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.
Tubi also has somehow all of the Ultraman catalogue for some reason. It's been really cool for new fans to get it all for free.
That is cool but also somewhat random
They don’t have the entire catalogue, it’s more like 2/3rds of the catalogue.
@@Gloomdrake It also has some Kamen Rider and Super Sentai. I'm really disappointed that that wasn't mentioned at all.
I am SO GLAD someone is finally appreciating Desperate Housewives, not sure if you’ve finished it by now but it gets WILD as the series goes on, I genuinely enjoy it more than most other TV shows I watch
I love the Roku channel, because it has lots of high-paid shows and movies that you would think to find on paid services. This includes Alone (5+ seasons), Coach (Just funny), etc. Many other good shows are on there too.
I will defend Tubi until I die just because it has 95% of my favorite obscure cartoons I watched as a kid in the late 90s early 2000s.
I used a free trial of Quibi just to watch their season of Reno911 and they did have some fun with the platform. They'd give you different angles/settings depending on if you had your phone in landscape or portrait. It was a fun little touch.
Somebody is gonna come out with something bigger than Quibby. Like the Amazon to Ebay.
I feel the concept of quibi is neat. Probably would have lasted longer had it not come out during quarantine when everyone could just use their tv or laptops.
36:14 Fun fact: The Frogger game show is made by the last remnants of 4kids, currently known as Konami Cross Media NY (Konami rebranded what was previously 4kids Productions and 4K Media Group twice in the last two decades so this comment is probably now already dated lol), they mostly do localizations of Yugioh anime and games but with the current Branding, Konami has had them branch out to other franchises (apparently they localized Bomberan R even though that came out before the current rebrand? IDK, I can only find plans for media spinoffs).
Wait 4Kids still kinda exists?
I thought it was completely banished to the land of Mexican restaurant menu decorations 😊
@@phoenixfritzinger9185 Ony by that technicality. They even have Joey's voice actor voicing a chair in Sevens.
I am _not_ making that up. (though said chair has no voice lines in the Nail event in Duel Links, even though his English localized voice debuted in the Yugioh Sevens Nintendo Switch eshop game Konami shadow dropped)
Also, YES. I'm so happy you've discovered Columbo!! I grew up with Columbo, and he's awesome. Never underestimate him. Columbo's true power is that he can hide his hyperintelligence and powers of deduction under a shabby trenchcoat and a puppy dog guise of never really knowing what the suspect is thinking, all while staying two steps ahead of them at nearly every turn. It takes really clever writing and a great performance to pull that off, and Columbo and Peter Falks do just that. (And, fun fact, only one of Falks's eyes was real. If you watch the closeups, you can tell which one was glass.)
He was also one of the best parts of the Princess Bride! 🥰
Who am I kidding - the whole movie’s brilliant
I highly recommend reading Peter Falk's biography. It was written as his Alzheimer's took hold. But is a glorious collection of his life...the story of his eye, his amazing mother. Being the first American to enter a country after a war (I forget where that was), how he had to make an announcement to the people of another country that their leader (dictator) wasn't censoring Columbo. It's called Just One More Thing - stories from my life.
Sending you a virtual hug from the UK xx
@@snugglebugglewoowoo I forgot about that biography!! I remember hearing about it and trying to get it for my mom who loved both Peter Falks and Columbo (and introduced me to both). I've added it to my TBR. (And thanks for spelling Falks right. I don't know why, but whenever I go to spell it, I spell it wrong even though I've seen it in the Columbo credits a million times. lol) Thank you!! Sending virtual hugs right back.
@@SunnysFilms hi there. Falk is a tricky name, it feels as though it needs an s, even though there isn't one!!! I had to check it before I typed my comment above about the book.
Did you know that the dog "Dog" was actually his own? He rescued many dogs and was quite an accomplished artist.
Move virtual hugs to youx
1:49 RIP DARK CHAO
I'm into classic television shows, and a good amount of them are on free streaming services, which is why I love them so much!
Nothing brings me more joy than browsing on youtube and discovering a random tv show is officially free to watch.
Discovering Code Lyoko was free years ago was the first time I took notice. Then stuff like Donkey Kong Country, some random Sony cartoons, old Sonic shows(all the DIC stuff and Sonic X) and even recently Disney started uploading their old catalog on youtube. You can watch the first season of Phineas and Ferb and 2017 Ducktales free on youtube. That's just cool.
are you afraid of the dark is free as well!! and 6teen
I'm surprised the Quibi or whatever model never took off with adapdations of comic strips. A lot of the issue with adapdations of stuff like Peanuts, Phantom, Judge Dredd, etc, is there the quick, strip-a-day/week format doesn't translate for traditionally length media formats like TV or films, but would work a lot better for 8-11 minute shorts that build up while being mostly self contained.
That's actually a great idea! What I'd do for one about Garfield
I would love to have a similar thing for documentaries and science communication. It's the sort of thing that RUclips and TikTok have perfected in short form, where their fiction stuff is much more niche -- seems odd that they'd go straight for big fictional IPs tbh
If they where to be animated that may have costed more than cheaply shot live-action.
Even if its shorter animation is still pricey and clearly quibi was going for maximum profit with minimal spending. But I think they should have at least attempted that angle with a handful of iconic franchises like you mentioned.
if quibi launched without the subscription i think it would take off because i think its such a good idea for a service and as someone with a shorty attention span it would be the perfect service for me
I think the reason why it failed is because it was only made for people to watch on the go on their phone amd it launched at the wrong time which was at the very beginning of the pandemic where most people were looking to watch long form content.It could have just been released before the pandemic or this year where there are not hardly any lockdowns anymore.
Desperate Housewives honestly slaps. Too many people write it off because it’s “soapy”, but it has made me laugh out loud among other things. You mentioned Kyle MacLahlan earlier and he has a pretty huge role in the later seasons.
Most dramas WISH they went as hard as Desperate Housewives.
As someone that got Xfinity flex, I was surprised to see how many streaming apps it offers that were never advertised on tv. Best experience I had that made me wish I got this service long time ago. If you're an anime fan, you're in for a big surprised by how much anime content the majority of these streaming apps offer. Even if you're not an anime fan, there's a LOT of stuff to look at and you will be nostalgic by the shows you'll find there.
Librarian here. Hoopla does vary wildly in its content, but overall, I highly recommend it (unless, as you said, you're doing a binge watch). It's perfect if you're like me watching a serialized TV show at the end of the day and you've got maybe two hours in you before bed time.
I Love Tubi as my sorta "anything is possible" streaming service option. U really never know whats on there hiding away in the corners, like alot of the Jerry Anderson shows, tokusatsu/kaiju stuff, alot of classic anime (I just watched Megazone 23 pt. 1 and loved it), and honestly alot of shows I hadnt thought about in years! Always comes highly recommended
Lol "anything's possible". That's a good way of putting it.
@@finnhaverkamp agreed thats why I love it there's even a fan-made Yugioh Movie on it
@@jadenbryant9283 they WHAT
I'll never get tired of listening to this man tell me about things I've heard about once and never thought of again in his classic "about to lose it" voice.
The biggest gem I've found is Soap on Tubi, it's a parody of soap operas from the 70s and it's as entertaining as it sounds. Highly recommend it.
1. tubi is absolutely top tier for horror content. they have so many niche, foreign, and cult horror movies that are either hard to find or literally nowhere else
2. all these streaming services have columbo, but nOWHERE HAS QUINCY M.E. AND ITS A TRAVESTY
3. the librarians is a criminally underrated show/movie(s). it’s definitely cheesy, but super fun to watch. 10/10, would recommend (along with quincy m.e. if anyone had access to it)
I loved the librarian movies! The third is my favorite. I genuinely avoid freevee because I hate the showtime commercials with the bugs in them.
I LOVE Tubi. So much great obscure horror and deep cuts on there.
Agreed!
Peacock announced just this morning that The Community Movie is officially FINALLY in production, so they get major points for that
As an international fan, I am very thankful for the editors for labelling what's available outside the US. Cheers, lads. 👍
In The UK, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 all have their own free streaming services, the BBC have BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds(for their radio), ITV has ITV Hub(ITVX in December), Channel 4 has All4(or just Channel 4) and Channel 5 has My5(confusing as when 5Demand rebranded to My5, Channel 5 decided to also make a TV channel called My5, which is now known as 5Action)
I absolutely adore iPlayer and All 4 especially the latter having adult swim shows for free. However, I don't know how ITV made hub worse with ITVX but boy howdy they sure did especially now there's a premium subscription.
Trevor Noah is definitely a gamer. He's been building his own gaming computers since he was a teenager and he's pretty competitive at Warzone. And he's an excellent interviewer. But it takes different skills than those to make Let's Plays great.
Pluto and Tubi are my go tos for streaming, mostly thanks to them having a whole lot of Mystery Science Theater and Rifftrax stuff, and some niche Japanese action for me and other weirdos
The fact that Billy didn’t talk about the Batman propaganda film on Tubi. If he saw that he would know that Tubi is S tier
In Australia all our free to air channels have a free streaming catch up service, they also often have good movies on them for free. SBS and ABC in particular have terrific free stuff!
Discovering the 24/7 Mythbusters channel on my smart tv was the best day of my life
A reason why I like Tubi a lot too is because they also have some Cantonese shows from TVB in their catalogue which is nice. I wish there was a category for it so I didn’t have to look for them among other international releases but at least they have them
This feels like TV shows that are mentioned in a cartoon as a stand in for something else
I will say, the thing about these that you forgot to mention, at least in regards to Tubi (and maybe others I am not as experienced with them) is just how deep their international library is. These free services have more non-english fare then most paid services
I found a really strange Anime that I think was Russian produced about WW2 on Tubi and it still mesmerized me to no end
@@creed8712 Shit, I think I know which one you're talking about, but I don't remember the name
So it was just a fever dream of me reading about it
Samsung TV gets a big plus in my book for having a 24/7 Bob Ross channel
Tubi has Bob Ross too and MrBeast (F U MB)
I watched both parts of Lost and then talked to several friends about it. One who actually was a Lost fan, and they tried to quiz me on the show. I answered every question accurately, thank you for providing me this information and entertainment.
I actually explored a lot of these recently while traveling across the US, as each Airbnb I stayed at had different free offerings and streaming services. Watched a whole bunch of free content like The Matrix, Absolutely Anything and Killer Klowns on Freevee and Pluto and Tubi :)
Billiam’s content continues to get increasingly specific in a way only he can pull off.
Colombo surpassed Classic into Legendary. He just that great. When I watched Princess Bride for the first time as a kid I was excited to see Colombo!
13:22 isn’t that a fantasy novel character or am I thinking of something else, either way this streaming service is somehow more obscure than the obscure character.
You mentioned having cable and forced to discover new shows. I was at a hotel 2 weeks ago and discovered Impractical Jokers. I didn't realize how funny that show is.
I work for an ISP/cable company and get all my stuff for free so I've never looked at any of these free streaming services. I love seeing all these bizarre exclusive movies and shows they have it's pretty hilarious. Definitely reminds me of the early days of streaming movies on Netflix when you could have Xbox watch parties and pick out terrible movies and just laugh together
Tubi definitely interested me due to it's selection of old cartoons that you can't really find anywhere else, including shows from the Hub Network and Discovery Kids like Pound Puppies, Transformers Prime, G.I. Joe Renegades, Dan Vs., Littlest Pet Shop, Aquabats Super Show, and even The Future Is Wild.
It also has Super Sentai, Ultraman and Kamen Rider.
Out of these, the ones I'm most familiar with are Tubi and Pluto. Tubi I know because my parents have been using it for the past year or so to watch all 1200+ episodes of Dark Shadows. As for Pluto, I've got a friend whose mom is really fond of it - every time I visit them she's watching old Price is Right episodes on it.
Oh, just one more thing. Hearing that Columbo is free on a bunch of these makes me genuinely happy, because I grew up watching Columbo reruns with my grandmother, so I have a bit of nostalgia for him.
24:17 so it’s basically the ballad of Curtis Lowe but with horses instead of music
Tubi has a ton of Transformers shows that you wouldn’t get anywhere else. Like the last 2 seasons of TF Prime when Netflix removed those. It’s really a booster pack for the streaming services you already have.
all of transformers prime is just on youtube
Columbo is one of my favorite shows ever. Gem after gem after gem." Leonard Nimoy, a stitch in crime " "whatever the name of the dick van dyke episode is" is pure GOLD! Dick van dyke as a villain is just amazing, he's diabolical and it's so unbelievable to see him in a role like that. Columbo is magnificent
I LOVED The Librarians TV series in middle school. Watched it with my dad until season 5, when it got real confusing. I'm a huge mythology nerd, so it really scratched that one itch.
The Noah Willey movies were a guilty pleasure of mine
@@steveosk8s So glad he joined the Leverage crew. Can’t wait for season 2!
Could move Tubi from C to B tier on the fact that at least in the US, it is the best place to find Tokusatsu shows from Shout Factory releases like Kamen Rider and Super Sentai which I think their entire catalog that got an DVD release its all here ( including Kamen Rider Zero-One which got a Blu-Ray release in the US this january )
Tubi has Super Sentai?! I'm looking into this.
@@AKUNJIG PlutoTV has a shout factory channel too. It’s how I watched Kakuranger (1994) in it’s entirety and good luck finding that even pirated on the internet and it not be subbed in English. I also found Kamen Rider Blade on Tubi at one point.
I was surprised when I saw them but it has sentai like Wild Force, Alien, and Lost Galaxy that I didn’t grow up with besides Hurrricanager (Ninja Storm). Hard for me to watch 80s-90s Tokusatus
@@Iceechibi Its pretty easy actually to find Kakuranger DB Rips or fansubs though?
although most are just the Shout Factory Source that have burned in subtitles ( which is why I still pirate seasons from Hurricanger and below myself )
Just ask someone about "that" cat site, and have a good bittorrent client
would recommend Qbittorrent myself
saying this as someone living outside the US, as it is not that easy to get a hold on the DVD's unless you buy them in the US, or have a proxy service that takes your package to ther regions ( me being Latin American )
The other library card streaming service in the US is Kanopy. They also have a monthly borrow limit of 10. But they do have movies like moonlight, lady bird, the florida project. They also seem to have more of the indie or classic style movies that you'd find at a sundance festival or seem like they should be part of the criterion collection.
The fact that Billiam discovered Desperate House Wives , makes the entire time spent well worth it 😂
I love Pluto TV because it just emulates the feeling of channel surfing that’s well…you know…
It just takes me back to before all this streaming confusion.
I've started watching anime on Tubi because I was surprised it had a decent line up. I finished Gansta and Arakawa Under the Bridge recently which I greatly enjoyed. It's fun browsing through the older anime and see what I've never known existed. It even had Robot Carnival which was an OVA I've been wanting to watch for a few years!
(Also Dan Vs. is on Tubi which is the best)
Freakazoid is also on Tubi
Crackle used to be available in Canada. It’s changed a lot. It used to have just a small selection of movies and TV shows that were available for a month and then gone. They had some good stuff, major titles and such. Now it’s quantity over quality.
tubi is maybe my favorite streaming service because it so consistently has weird shit i happen to be looking for lol. it is the home of so-bad-its-good, cult classics, b-horror, and random old shit. and that is half of what i watch lmao
I love that so many people are saying that Tubi and Pluto should be rated higher!😊
Freevee is so good. I have been looking for a lighthearted western for a while and one of the first shows I saw on Freevee was Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. The ads are never longer than a minute and a half and I’ve been using it more than Netflix recently.
holy shit I forgot that existed, how did it age?
That's a horrible show but to each there own. Lol
I think this is a really smart and creative video concept Billiam, was starting to get burnt out on media reviews and this was really refreshing 👍
Im going to watch the next, 12 hour long, Lost video like I did the rest. In one sitting and in a state of pure joy listening to Billiam condense the one damned show I cant slog through into an increasingly sizable fraction of the shows runtime.
When you said "L can't catch me" I swear I thought you were gonna launch into an ad read about Express VPN.
There's a lot of high-quality hidden gem in Pluto and Tubi. Satoshi Kon's movies, The Hunt, Lupin 3rd series, and so much more. Tubi got bigger library and somewhat better UI, but one thing I like about Pluto (other than their Star Trek catalogue) is they repeat their catalogue often. Didn't have time to watch The Commence? Just wait a month or two, it'll come back. Too bad they only have Mythbuster in the UK version of the app.
I've found some truly free streaming services. One weird I found was only available on the Samsung store on my Blu-ray player, haven't seen much though as my brother keeps taking the HDMI cable for something else. On the TV I downloaded Cartoons which shows someone's VLC playlist of unlicensed cartoons, no ads and no control over what will be shown. It's weird but I like putting it on when I'm sick.
In my experience. Tubi has the least intrusive ads on their platform. Pluto and Crackle are ad-city and very annoying.
Just watched a movie on Tubi last night and honestly it felt like there where less ads than you would see watching a movie on cable
@@justina1909 That’s not a super high bar to pass though considering how many ads cable channels tend to have.
I'm loving your excitement for Desperate Housewives! I used to watch that show every week with my mom when I was younger lol
I know one of these has a channel dedicated to Garfield and Friends, they're the true MVPs of society
Pluto TV but it only loops seasons 4-7 and the specials. Tubi has every episode and all the specials.
I really, really enjoy your content. I even watched all 7+ hours of your Lost retrospective & I've never watched a single episode of Lost iny life, lolz
I find your delivery so endearing, I'll literally watch any content you upload, Mister
Thank you for being 🙃
The UK has a few free streaming services based on the main TV channels over here (BBC iplayer, ITV hub, All 4, My5). These streaming services are more about watching shows after they've aired on the main channel meaning most shows on the services have only certain episodes available at a time with them being taken down after like a month and being replaced by a different episode. Despite this the services do have some shows that are available in their entirety without said time limit, for example All4 has all of Fraiser. The services also have movies as well with the movies being whatever was shown on the main TV channel. The services also let the user watch the TV channels live.
They not free, a tv license is required
@@ericli4119 you need a tv license to use bbc iplayer or watch live tv but with every other streaming app, once the show isn’t live then you’re good
@@ericli4119 My understanding is that most people don't pay for a TV liscence and there's no way to verify if you have one or not. When I tried to sign up for it, it was my lack of a UK address to tie it to that stopped me.
After watching this video I checked out Freevee (in the uk) and found a documentary that looked interesting and chucked it on. I absolutely loved the fact that there was no effort at all put into editing the right moments to put their advert breaks in. Watching the documentary you can literally see where the adverts were originally placed when it was broadcast on TV but on here they would just start out of nowhere In the middle of a scene and for whatever reason I absolutely love it!
Thanks for this video as I can see me going down a rabbit hole here
28:53 I'm just leaving this here because she was literally 4 feet from being sucked into that Jet turbine. IRL, that would have happened.
Most countries have at least one public broadcaster that has at least one streaming service (BBC iPlayer, ABC iView and SBS On Demand in Australia, whatever the Canadian one is). These are really great and have high quality shows from around the world (including the US) and anyone can watch for free with no ads if they have a VPN. In Australia at least the commercial channels also offer free, ad supported online streaming services that are decent too.
For Canada I guess it would be CBC gem
Aussie here, but from what I know, the CBC isn’t really a public service like ABC and BBC, they’re a company instead of a government corporation and their channels have ads and whatnot from what I’ve heard, could be wrong though
Hey, I'm part of that international group of people that watches your content. I'm from Mexico and I've got a few corrections only, Plex and PlutoTV are available in my country! Also, you didn't mention Pokémon TV which, well, it's only Pokémon stuff but it doesn't have all of the seasons or all of the movies, it shuffles its content every week or two I believe.
I’m surprised you didn’t talk much about the frequency of ads on the various platforms. For me, that’s what makes or breaks the service. Tubi’s ad frequency is reasonable IMO, some of the others are too much.
I’ll take your advice and sample FreeVee at some point, even though I’m not the biggest tv / steaming service watcher.
The ads on youtube alone drive me insane i cant imagine these other services. I remember when crackle first launched i swear it was every 5 minutes to a break
@@Jack-nj9pi yeah but at least you can Force Skip a ad on RUclips 😭 cant do that with the other streaming apps.
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