Crave TV

[Igster]

Never really watched all that closely to how long it takes for new seasons to come up on Netflix. Maybe someone else who tracks this better can speak up?

[getbak]

There are no hard and fast rules for tv shows on Netflix. It all depends on who owns their Canadian distribution rights (for Netflix Canada).

There are some shows that are "Netflix Originals" that are only available on Netflix and are made available as full seasons at once. These are shows like Orange in the New Black and House of Cards.

There are some shows that Netflix took control of after they were cancelled by their original broadcaster and turned into "Netflix Originals" for one or more seasons. Arrested Development and The Killing are both examples of this type of show. Typically, once the deal is made for Netflix to produce new episodes, all of the previous episodes are made available and then once the new episodes are done, they're all released at once.

Then, there are the typical broadcast show that airs on a regular channel and is made available some months after the season finished airing, usually before the next season begins airing on the regular broadcaster. This is similar to the DVD release schedule a lot of shows have.

To further complicate things, there are some shows that Netflix owns the Canadian rights to (but not the US/UK rights), so those can show up on Netflix a lot faster than other shows. Season 2 of Hannibal was on Netflix within a week or two of the season ending on NBC (season 1 aired on City in Canada, but not season 2). The show Mike Tyson Mysteries airs on Adult Swim in the US (a channel not available here), and Netflix owns the Canadian rights to it, so new episodes are on Netflix Canada the day after a new episode airs in the US.


Then, to add a final wrinkle to the whole situation, the Netflix owns the local rights to some shows in other countries that they don't own in Canada or the US, so new episodes of those series may be on Netflix UK or Australia the day after they air on their US networks. If you have an international VPN, you can get some shows that way long before they show up on Netflix Canada.


I believe there's always at least a day's lag between a show airing in the US and it showing up on a local Netflix. If you want to be able to talk about Sunday night's episode of The Walking Dead on Monday morning, you're going to have to keep your subscription to AMC (or use torrents).

[ken0042]

Looks like I get it for free- as I have the $20 movie channel package and it's included.

[FlamesFanStrandedInEDM]

Originally Posted by Igster

Never really watched all that closely to how long it takes for new seasons to come up on Netflix. Maybe someone else who tracks this better can speak up?

Depends on the series, I know Hell on Wheels seems to get released a week after the newest DVD season is released.

[ken0042]

So far it's commercial free. Also pleased to report all 6 Star Trek television series are there too.

Also a fair number of Discovery Channel shows; a few seasons of Mythbusters included.

[Hockey]

Doesn't seem to be available in BC yet. Well at least I can't get it.

[FlamesFanStrandedInEDM]

The Telus Cable Box App doesn't have the fulll selection. Hopefully that will improve in the coming weeks.

[DuffMan]

So, is it like the different services have rights to certain tv shows? like what you get on Crave you can't on Shomi and vice versa. How does Netflix fit into that?

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

Is this the Bell answer to shomi?

Yes.

[northcrunk]

Seems netflix has more selection than either Shomi or Crave. My brother in law has Shomi and said there is not many good movies/shows on there.

[Finger Cookin]

Not surprising, given the relative ages of the respective services. I don't use any of them, but I would probably choose to use Netflix if I did. We're too often funneled into choosing one of 2 or 3 telecoms/ISPs here. Having just another service that silos things into Rogers/Shaw (Shomi) or Bell/Telus (Crave) doesn't seem like an improvement worth supporting.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by northcrunk

Seems netflix has more selection than either Shomi or Crave. My brother in law has Shomi and said there is not many good movies/shows on there.

They must have a terrible selection then as Netflix Canada still sucks for movie selection.

[Igster]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

They must have a terrible selection then as Netflix Canada still sucks for movie selection.

It's so easy to not have Netflix Canada, I'm not sure why anyone would suffer through that any longer.

Edit: And just as I say that:

http://torrentfreak.com/netflix-crac...irates-150103/

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by FlamesFanStrandedInEDM

The Telus Cable Box App doesn't have the fulll selection. Hopefully that will improve in the coming weeks.

Noticed this as well. Is there any viable reason for this? I literally get - at most - 1/4 of what is available when I access the service from my PVR hardware as opposed to my computer.

[Yamer]

Also, is anyone else having a poor experience with streaming on a computer? On all my devices and browsers the video is choppy, stuttering, and cuts out. The frame rate is terrible.

[Tyler]

I'm really enjoying Crave so far. They seem to be continually adding new shows.

Only complaint right now is the Telus cable box app won't auto-play next episodes like Netflix or Crave's web solution does.

I'm told there will be an Apple TV app coming in the future, so hopefully there's more to come. Good selection for $4/mo

[csnarpy]

does anyone know if the bell sat boxes have access? i have online access but don't see it on the sat box

[ken0042]

I do not have access on my Bell Satellite receivers.

CraveTV is not currently available using your Satellite receiver. However you can access the content with your smartphone, tablet, and computer

I think in the future it may be available; only if your receiver is plugged into a LAN connection.

[lifetime_flamesfan]

The Calgary Herald just put this article online.

http://calgaryherald.com/technology/...avetv-compared