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The service seeks to diversify and recently launched seven Fast thematic channels under the Mango brand, which brings together free Molotov content:
Free streaming: what are the best video services ?
There is no need to pay a subscription every month to watch movies and TV series in streaming legally. Free -demand or free linear video services have specialized in the dissemination of content funded by advertising, and there is often no need to create an account to benefit from it.
Netflix, Video Prime, Disney+, MyCanal, Apple TV+… The offer in premium video streaming platforms, and therefore paying, is not lacking, and new players regularly join this already well -congested market, like Paramount+recently. But there is also a very high demand to watch movies and TV series for free while remaining legally, and users even have a wide variety of options available to them, including the emergence of the Fast Television (TV streaming free funded by advertising). Google TV even adapted to user claims to better highlight this type of content in its interface. We suggest a selection of free video streaming services that seem interesting to us and could like you, do not hesitate to take a look at it !
Pluto TV
Pluto TV is one of the best known free video streaming platforms and has been accessible in a French version since the start of 2021. The service offers a linear offer, that is to say that the content is broadcast live on channels, as on television. With more than 100 channels available In France, the choice is legion. Some channels are thematic (history, animals, video games, comic series …) and others continuously broadcast episodes of the same series or the same saga (Star Trek, Doctor Who …).
A space dedicated to video on demand is also present, giving access to many films of all genres, including the original dune, for example, as well as whole seasons like South Park, Detective Conan, a guy A girl, Starsky & Hutch or The Musketeers (BBC).
No need for registration, simply enter the app or site and choose your program to start viewing. Whether in linear or on demand, Pluto TV is paid by disseminating advertising before and during the content. The service is available in the form of a website and an application for most ecosystems: Android, iOS, Smart TV, Windows, MacOS…
Molotov
Molotov is a well -known platform for accessing video streaming to the flows of TNT channels and certain TV bouquets. The free offer is limited, offering few replays and missing channels from the TF1 and M6 group, but can help out on certain occasions or if you need to access the free channels of France Télévisions, RMC/BFM or Canal, to the TV team ..
The service seeks to diversify and recently launched seven Fast thematic channels under the Mango brand, which brings together free Molotov content:
- Mango
- Mango Series
- Mango cinema
- Mango Kids
- Mango Docs
- Mango History
- Mango November
In addition to the programs available in linear on these channels, Molotov has a Mango Avod catalog (video on demand funded by advertising) which thickens over the months. On the series side, we have access to the timeless MR. Bean, as well as programs like Tudors, The Body Collector, Louis La Brocante, the Cordier judge and cop or Hélène and the boys. If you prefer feature films, Molotov offers Sex Therapy, Sharknado 5, travels to the center of the earth, alone on earth and many others.
A Molotov application is available on all large desktops, mobile and TV. It is also compatible with the Chromecast functionality.
Samsung TV Plus
With Samsung TV Plus, you access more than a hundred free streaming channels, covering a large number of themes. We have pell-mell of BBC and MTV channels, documentaries, reality TV, cooking, sport, music, news … The platform also makes it possible to watch films on the many cinema chains that make up the offer. Children are not forgotten, since they access Jellytoon, TV Supertoons, or even specialized ninja turtles, Bob the sponge or Caillou.
Most content from Samsung TV Plus are offered in linear format, but there is also a part devoted to video on demand. If the service is free, it is necessary to have a Samsung device to access it: TV, smartphone, tablet. Since the manufacturer is number 1 of TV and smartphones in France, the platform is accessible to a very large number of users. On mobile, you must download the application from a blind, while it is preinstalled and natively available on many models of smart TV of the brand.
Rakuten TV
The Japanese online commerce giant Rakuten, well known in France through its strategic partnerships with Cdiscount, offers one of the best known free streaming platforms in the world: Rakuten TV. There are many films and series on demand on demand with advertising, including exclusive and original content, which is rather rare on this kind of service. A section French films Allows you to view our local productions, such as operation 118 318, which is not always the case on large international avod platforms. The children’s entertainment section is busy, and we access some movies with snoring names like Underworld, Stuart Little or Bad Teacher.
Rakuten TV is also live linear television. The French version of Euronews is available there, such as thematic channels devoted to comedies, various facts, action films, cooking or criminal affairs. In short, there’s something for everyone. A shop hosts a library of films for buying or renting, where there is a plethoric selection of works, most of which are new to the moment.
In addition to its generous catalog whether in fast or avod, Rakuten TV draws its strength from its strong presence on the different supports. The application is preinstalled on certain models of Smart TV and can be downloaded from the various application stores for TV systems. Rakuten TV also invites itself to computer via its web and on android mobile interface and iPhone/iPad in the form of an application. There is no need to create an account to look at free content.
Vudu
Supported by the two Nbcuniversal and Warner Bros audio -visual behemoths. Discovery, Vudu is only available in the United States, so you have to connect to a VPN to be able to access it. The service is best known for its catalog of video on demand for rental or purchase, but also offers a section devoted to free content with advertising.
VUDU not in theory not accessible from France, we find that very few French -language programs. But by seeking in the international category, we can still find some French productions in original version (VF therefore), like the Dany Boon’s crazy comedy, or the embarrassment of choice with Alexandra Lamy. For Hispanophones, the choice is greater thanks to the presence of a category specially dedicated to content in Spanish. For the rest, you have to do with English, and the options are then plethoric: TV shows, series, films of all genres, documentaries ..
You have to create an account to view content, even free, on VUDU. The platform has a website and a mobile application for Android and iOS.
MyTF1, 6Play, France TV, RMC BFM Play
Here we bring together all the live broadcasting services, replay and content at the request of large French media groups. If in most cases, MyTF1, 6play, France TV, RMC BFM Play are especially useful for viewing the channels broadcast on TNT live or to catch up with programs that we could have missed on traditional linear television, these platforms evolve to offer even more content.
On MyTF1, we have for example a Stream section, which includes dozens of chains in Fast format. Some of them are thematic (romantic comedies, action films, Japanese animated, thrillers, etc.), others broadcast episodes of a series or a very specific program in loop. Palmashow, Lolywood, The Shield, Naruto, Hunter X Hunter, Star Academy, Dance with the stars, the Broken Hearts Villa … All these programs have their own chain streaming on MyTF1.
6play is not as complete, but has also started to broadcast this kind of linear content funded by advertising. The platform gives access to vice, konbini, prohibited area, criminal surveys, telenovelas and telefilms, supplied 24 hours a day. A live channel by 6play allows you to take advantage of the flagship programs already broadcast on the TNT channels of the M6 group. France Télévisions is lagging behind this segment, but works to launch its first Fast channels in the near future.
Tubi
Tubi is a very popular platform in the United States. Like Vudu, it is not available in France and you must use a VPN to access it. The majority of the contents are therefore in English, with a whole section also offering programs in Spanish. The diversity of content is impressive on this service, which is clearly one of the most complete on the market. Tubi accounts for partners of heavy goods vehicles such as MGM, Lionsgate, Warner Bros and Paramount to supply its catalog.
We have access to a very large number of live channels, ranging from continuous news to sport, including TV shows, films, series and documentaries. A large part of these channels are not offered on other Fast platforms and there are content that it is difficult to obtain elsewhere for free, even if some of them are very oriented United States. Tubi, it is also a wide offer of video on demand and relatively recent quality films. The Amazin Spider-Man, The Smurfs: the lost village, The Hanger Games, Ghostbusters, Hancock, Twilight… So many recognized feature films which you can enjoy without, at the only price of a few advertisements.
You don’t even need to create an account to watch the channels live and the contents in Avod. Tubi is available on the web, on Android and iOS via an app to download, and on many TV systems (Android TV, Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, LG, Sony, Hisense and Samsung, and even consoles Xbox and PlayStation).
Oqee cinema
As Samsung TV Plus is reserved for owners of a Samsung device, Oqee Ciné is only accessible to freebox subscribers, without additional cost on their subscription. Video on demand funded by advertising is developing over the months, it is after all a recent service. Side movies, Oqee Ciné offers for example Limitless, Hellboy, Godzilla, Tintin, Meeting of the third type, Evil Dead, Frankenstein, remember last summer 2 … For series, you can view among others married, two children or Taken.
Oqee Ciné is part of Oqee by Free, which gives access to 220 TV channels and many replay services. The application is available on the Devialet, Pop and Revolution boxes provided by Free (Mini 4K and Crystal Incompatible). It is also made available on Android TV, Apple TV, Android, iOS and on web browser.
Youtube
Let’s finish this selection with the platform already known to all: YouTube ! Google’s property is no longer to present: sketches, fictions, popularization videos, music clips, reruns … there is everything on YouTube and the premium subscription is far from essential if you support advertisements.
The service even allows you to legally view many works. Did you know for example that the integral of episodes of the Kaamelott series is free access to YouTube ? Some channels also publish films whose rights they have obtained. You can type “full film in French” in the search bar to find your happiness. The thriller Stockholm Mafia, Wolf Cage or even United Fight are for example viewable on the cinema cinemas in French version.
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Live Streaming on AWS
As part of the AWS solutions library, AWS offers two live video streaming solutions allowing the multimedia content to be reversed to a global audience. You will find on this page tips to help you choose between the two AWS live video streaming solutions to best meet your business needs.
For additional advice on choosing the right option for your use case among all live streaming solutions and services available on AWS, read this blog post.
Use of this AWS solution
What Live Streaming Solution on Aws Choose ?
| Function | Live Streaming on AWS with Amazon S3 | Live Streaming on AWS |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Services | AWS ELEMENTAL MEDIALIVE Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) | AWS ELEMENTAL MEDIALIVE AWS Elemental MediaPackage |
| Personalized configurations | Less | More |
| Entrances | Supports URL_Pull, RTMP_PUSH, RTP_PUSH and Elemental Link devices without redundancy | Supports URL_Pull, RTMP_PUSH, RTMP_Pull, RTP_PUSH and Mediaconnect with Redundance |
| Exits | HLS only | Several outing formats including CMAF, HLS and DASH for the management of reading on different readers |
| Content protection management | N / A | DRM |
| Functions similar to a digital recorder (Quick return, restart, etc.)) |
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Technical details
The AWS Cloudformation model launches the AWS products and services necessary to ingest, transcode and broadcast live videos.
Live Streaming on AWS with Amazon S3
Live Streaming on AWS
Live Streaming on AWS with Amazon S3
You can configure this solution to ingest Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) content, Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) or live video from an AWS Elemental Link device.
You can configure this solution to ingest Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP) content, Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) or live video from an AWS Elemental Link device.
Step 1
AWS Elemental Medialive ingests an entry flow and transcode your content into a http live streaming (HLS) adaptive (ABR) flow at output.
2nd step
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides an evolutionary and highly available storage compartment to accommodate coded segments.
Step 3
An Amazon Cloudfront distribution is configured to use Amazon S3 personalized termination points as origin. The Cloudfront distribution provides your flow to users live with low latency and high transfer speed.
Step 4
An Amazon S3 compartment stores Cloudfront newspapers.
Step 1
AWS Elemental Medialive ingests an entry flow and transcode your content into a http live streaming (HLS) adaptive (ABR) flow at output.
2nd step
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides an evolutionary and highly available storage compartment to accommodate coded segments.
Step 3
An Amazon Cloudfront distribution is configured to use Amazon S3 personalized termination points as origin. The Cloudfront distribution provides your flow to users live with low latency and high transfer speed.
Step 4
An Amazon S3 compartment stores Cloudfront newspapers.
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Live Streaming on AWS
Step 1
AWS Elemental Medialive, which ingests two input flows and converts your content into two HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) with adaptive binary flow (ABR) at output.
2nd step
AWS Elemental MediaPackage Ingère The MEDIALIVE OUTPUT ABR and Empachests live broadcasting in HLS formats, Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP (DASH) and Common Media Application Format (CMAF), transmitted to three mediapackage endpoints.
Step 3
An Amazon Cloudfront distribution is configured to use the personalized mediapackage termination points as origin and includes a CDN identifier and a personalized HTTP header to authenticate requests. MediaPackage only responds to authorized reading requests between MediaPackage and Cloudfront using the CDN identifier. This CDN identifier is created as part of the deployment of cloudformation and stored safely in AWS Secrets Manager.
Step 4
The Cloudfront distribution provides your flow to users live with low latency and high transfer speed.
Step 5
An HTML preview reader is available in demonstration to help you test the solution. The reader is a static website hosted on an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) compartment. Amazon Cloudfront is used to restrict access to the content of the website compartment of the solution.