Internet Radio & TV

TVUPlayer enables you to view a variety of free TV stations that are broadcasted over the Internet (no TV card needed). The program does not include quite as many channels as found in similar programs, but the selection is of fairly good quality. You can add channels to a list of favorites and also switch to a borderless 800x600 video display size.

Miro (formerly Democracy Player) is an Internet video player that allows you to choose from a variety of channels, subscribe to video feeds and view them with the integrated player. The channel guide includes more than 600 channels, mostly podcasts and user submitted video clips, and you can also add your own podcast by entering the URL. The program also includes video search for Google, YouTube and Yahoo Video allowing you to find additional content based on your keywords. Miro integrates BitTorrent and can work as a standalone BitTorrent client. Other features include a personal media library, video playlists, fullscreen mode, automatic channel downloads and more.

Audials Music Web TV enables you to watch a wide variety of free online music TV station right from your desktop or the Vista sidebar. You can choose from about 70 different stations around the world, including MTV, SlamTV, Ministry of Sound and many others. The program can run as a Vista sidebar gadget or as standalone application with different interface modes.

Screamer Radio is a small radio player that allows you to listen to online radio stations and optionally record the stream to MP3 or OGG Vorbis files. The program comes with a large list of station presets that are organized by genre, country, network and personal favorites and can also be edited to include your personal choices. Screamer Radio supports Shoutcast and Icecast MP3 streaming, Icecast OGG Vorbis streaming, WMA and AAC streaming and can record directly to MP3 format or encode via Lame. Other features include a recording buffer, customizable file naming, user favorites and more.

Viddi Radio Player is your worldwide guide to internet radio. It offers direct access to several hundred pre-tuned stations from all across the world. The compact interface allows you to access any of these free online radio stations with just a few clicks, without having to launch a browser. Additional features include personal favorites and additional information linked to web sites.

Enhanced ShoutCast Player is an Internet radio player that enables you to listen to and record any of the stations that are featured on the Shoutcast website. The program comes with an integrated browser display that allows you to select a station that you want to listen to. You can also record the stream and save it as individual MP3 tracks that are automatically named after the song and artist.

Space Jammer is a music player that shuffles through the artist pages on MySpace.com and randomly generates playlists based on the music it finds. You can set personal preferences based on country and music genre and also save playlists for repeated listening. The program provides links to additional online resources for each song, including artist information, music videos, CD sales and more. Space Jammer is not very useful to search for particular songs or artist, but can be entertaining to those who want to explore new music genres and/or music from different countries.