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Ask HN: how to watch the World Cup online

21 points by speier 12y ago

Do you know any good paid or free services to watch the upcoming FIFA World Cup online?

germs12 12y ago
Probably not legal in most countries, but when I can't find something on cable or I'm away from my home or in a different country I turn to: http://www.usagoals.tv/ http://www.usagoals.tv/
- speier 12y ago
  Thanks, I will check it out.
antr 12y ago
Yesterday I used a VPN (TunnelBear) + ITV (UK) app to watch the Roland Garros final. For the WC I will download whichever TV channel app that streams the football and use it with a VPN in order avoid geo blocking. I will do this for whichever game I can't watch for free on TV. Given that I live in the EU, and using this as precedent (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17150054 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17150054), I don't think this is illegal in any way. Hope that helps.
- speier 12y ago
  Great comment, thanks for sharing.
- atmosx 12y ago
  But to view the game on any UK provider, (I think games are shared between SKY and ITV), you need a subscription right? I mean you have to have a UK address with a TV or no?!
GFischer 12y ago
There are some illegal streams at Roja Directa. In my country, suscribers to the Antel Vera service can stream them legally, but it's only in Uruguay. http://tv.vera.com.uy/ http://tv.vera.com.uy/ I'm REALLY hoping Netflix or Hulu or Twitch/Youtube or someone will disrupt this and offer some sort of paid, premium or whatever live sports streaming package, then I can ditch Cable TV.
- speier 12y ago
  I live in the EU, but thank you anyway.
  - GFischer 12y ago
    Roja Directa is Spain-based and has English language streams as well as Spanish. Sometimes in weird languages as well.
    - speier 12y ago
      Good to know that, I will check it out then. Thanks!
osipovas 12y ago
In Canada (or through a Canadian Proxy/VPN): http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/soccer/brazil2014/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/soccer/brazil2014/
- speier 12y ago
  Thanks!
OWaz 12y ago
I rely on wiziwig[1] to watch Football/Soccer streams. The quality for Flash video streams is not great but it's enough for me to know what's going on. There are additional sites mentioned on this post [2]. [1]:http://www.wiziwig.tv/ http://www.wiziwig.tv/ [2]: http://designzum.com/2014/06/09/best-sites-to-watch-fifa-world-cup-2014-live-online-free/ http://designzum.com/2014/06/09/best-sites-to-watch-fifa-wor...
- speier 12y ago
  Great, thanks!
_b_ 12y ago
http://www.livesoccertv.com/competitions/international/world-cup/ http://www.livesoccertv.com/competitions/international/world... That site lists (legal) options for different countries.
- atmosx 12y ago
  You totally saved me! That's awesome :-D
wonderer007 12y ago
http://coolsport.tv/schedule.html http://coolsport.tv/schedule.html and http://gofirstrow.eu/ http://gofirstrow.eu/
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atmosx 12y ago
I'm in CZ and have no TV. I paid to watch the NBA finals and Euroleague games. I'd gladly pay to see WC games too and F1 but since they are not available anywhere, I'm stuck with illegal streaming. Best I could find was: http://www.vipboxeu.co/ http://www.vipboxeu.co/
LegendaryRio 12y ago
Hi, Thanks for the post about World Cup. Just a tip about those who don't live in countries that stream world cup online. You can use UnoTelly to remove the geoblock and stream World Cup 2014 in your country free worldcup.unotelly.com
singold 12y ago
http://mundialonline.com.uy http://mundialonline.com.uy it is a free service from an Uruguayan cable operator, it has only 2 non-intrusive ads (you don't see them if you go full screen). It is in spanish, and I'm not sure if it has any kind of geo-filtering (I tried with Tor without problems). It claims to be hd, but IMHO it isn't.
srehnborg 12y ago
http://www.univision.com http://www.univision.com has all the games in Spanish. Usually it's more exciting to watch because the announcers get really into it.

21 points by speier 12y ago

Do you know any good paid or free services to watch the upcoming FIFA World Cup online?

Probably not legal in most countries, but when I can't find something on cable or I'm away from my home or in a different country I turn to: http://www.usagoals.tv/ http://www.usagoals.tv/

speier 12y ago
Thanks, I will check it out.

antr 12y ago

Yesterday I used a VPN (TunnelBear) + ITV (UK) app to watch the Roland Garros final. For the WC I will download whichever TV channel app that streams the football and use it with a VPN in order avoid geo blocking. I will do this for whichever game I can't watch for free on TV. Given that I live in the EU, and using this as precedent (http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17150054 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-17150054), I don't think this is illegal in any way. Hope that helps.

speier 12y ago
Great comment, thanks for sharing.
atmosx 12y ago
But to view the game on any UK provider, (I think games are shared between SKY and ITV), you need a subscription right? I mean you have to have a UK address with a TV or no?!

GFischer 12y ago

There are some illegal streams at Roja Directa. In my country, suscribers to the Antel Vera service can stream them legally, but it's only in Uruguay. http://tv.vera.com.uy/ http://tv.vera.com.uy/ I'm REALLY hoping Netflix or Hulu or Twitch/Youtube or someone will disrupt this and offer some sort of paid, premium or whatever live sports streaming package, then I can ditch Cable TV.

speier 12y ago
I live in the EU, but thank you anyway.
- GFischer 12y ago
  Roja Directa is Spain-based and has English language streams as well as Spanish. Sometimes in weird languages as well.
  - speier 12y ago
    Good to know that, I will check it out then. Thanks!

osipovas 12y ago

In Canada (or through a Canadian Proxy/VPN): http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/soccer/brazil2014/ http://www.cbc.ca/sports-content/soccer/brazil2014/

speier 12y ago
Thanks!

OWaz 12y ago

I rely on wiziwig[1] to watch Football/Soccer streams. The quality for Flash video streams is not great but it's enough for me to know what's going on. There are additional sites mentioned on this post [2]. [1]:http://www.wiziwig.tv/ http://www.wiziwig.tv/ [2]: http://designzum.com/2014/06/09/best-sites-to-watch-fifa-world-cup-2014-live-online-free/ http://designzum.com/2014/06/09/best-sites-to-watch-fifa-wor...

speier 12y ago
Great, thanks!

_b_ 12y ago

http://www.livesoccertv.com/competitions/international/world-cup/ http://www.livesoccertv.com/competitions/international/world... That site lists (legal) options for different countries.

atmosx 12y ago
You totally saved me! That's awesome :-D

wonderer007 12y ago

http://coolsport.tv/schedule.html http://coolsport.tv/schedule.html and http://gofirstrow.eu/ http://gofirstrow.eu/

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atmosx 12y ago

I'm in CZ and have no TV. I paid to watch the NBA finals and Euroleague games. I'd gladly pay to see WC games too and F1 but since they are not available anywhere, I'm stuck with illegal streaming. Best I could find was: http://www.vipboxeu.co/ http://www.vipboxeu.co/

LegendaryRio 12y ago

Hi, Thanks for the post about World Cup. Just a tip about those who don't live in countries that stream world cup online. You can use UnoTelly to remove the geoblock and stream World Cup 2014 in your country free worldcup.unotelly.com

singold 12y ago

http://mundialonline.com.uy http://mundialonline.com.uy it is a free service from an Uruguayan cable operator, it has only 2 non-intrusive ads (you don't see them if you go full screen). It is in spanish, and I'm not sure if it has any kind of geo-filtering (I tried with Tor without problems). It claims to be hd, but IMHO it isn't.

srehnborg 12y ago

http://www.univision.com http://www.univision.com has all the games in Spanish. Usually it's more exciting to watch because the announcers get really into it.