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No cable? No satellite? No problem. Traditional television and the way it’s delivered is a thing of the past. You now have alternatives. The internet is an endless resource for great FREE on-demand programming — whether it be network tv programs or internet exclusive content. There’s much more than Youtube out there.

Hulu is a website that offers commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows and movies from NBC, Fox, ABC and many other networks and studios. Hulu Desktop is application (PC & Mac) you can use to navigate and stream Hulu content without the need of a internet browser. Unfortunately Hulu videos are only offered to users in the United States. Although we’ve heard of international users utilizing VPN services to access Hulu from anywhere– we of course don’t condone such sneeky tactics.

Revision3 is a San Francisco based Internet television network that creates, produces and distributes web television shows on topics such as films, video games, comics, television, technology, bar tricks,  and stand-up comedy — just to name a few. The company was founded by Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose and David Prager in April 2005. Most of them were previously employees of the television network TechTV. The content and selection is great.

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an academic organization. TED is well-known for its annual, invitation-only conference devoted to “ideas worth spreading”. TED is famous for its lectures, known as TED Talks, which originally focused on technology, entertainment and design, but have now expanded in scope to a broad set of topics including science, arts, politics, education, culture, business, global issues, technology and development. Speakers have included such people as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Nobel laureates James D. Watson, Jane Goodall, and Al Gore, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and Billy Graham. If you’re looking for more educational and informative content — this site has what you’re looking for.

Tom Green is definitely no Jay Leno (thank god) and I wouldn’t really call him a comedian but he does have a very real, unscripted and irreverent talk show. The show is shot and broadcasted live on the internet from his home in California. Despite this modest setup Tom has managed to attract some decent caliber celebrities such as Norm Macdonald, Joe Rogan, Russell Peters, and Judah Friedlander — to name just a few.

Boxee isn’t a video website — it’s a cross-platform media center program that supports plugins for many video content websites. Some of the plugins include the websites mentioned above and many others. The program is completely free and is available for Windows, Mac, Linux and even Apple TV. This program is a great solution for users who watch alot of video on their PC, or use their PC as a mediacenter. Visit the Boxee website for more information.

There is also a variety of pay services to get your favorite television shows and movies and we’ll be looking at those in a future article. If you feel like we’ve neglected to mention some other great websites or programs please use the comments form below or e-mail us. We’d love to hear your feedback.