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The Internet and the World Wide Web have already made a lot of evolutions as well as improvising even the current technologies we are still using to this very day. Most are already resorting in using their computers or laptops to do most of their leisure activities such as watching movies or listening to music. Another example of using the computer as an alternative is in communication. Instead of using the telephone to contact a friend or a relative located in other parts of the globe, one just finds it better in using the computer for voice chat, aside from most of us find it cheaper, it also allows one to perform video conference and multiple chat with others or even surf the net and play games while chatting with another person online.

Radio stations had also entered the world of the internet in broadcasting their respective stations. Not only that they are able to advance in their broadcasting, but they also catered to more audiences not only in their own places but to anywhere else in the globe provided that a connection to the internet is established.

With the popularity of the internet in terms of video blogging and the various video hosting sites, no wonder that one can still view some popular episodes of their favorite television series and shows, which are no longer shown on TV. Even the biggest television broadcasting companies already rode into  the popularity of these videos hosting sites by broadcasting some of their television shows online. In their very own website, they had included sections where their patron can view video clips on previous episodes of, they missed when it was aired on TV. With these series of progresses, online television was born and even gained much popularity.

However, what made online television became so popular is that it allows its users to have the power to have control on what they are watching. Watching shows online allowed one not only to do reruns, but can allow one to pause, rewind, or fast forward the current clip being viewed. With the online television, one is allowed to post a comment or a remark on the video clip. Online television channels have already grown left and right these days.  It provides medium to a lot of people to create their own career in online entertainment and media by creating their own versions of news reports, talk shows, documentaries, television series or simply a fun video to be posted online. A lot of known artists today like the successful performers or entertainers are being discovered through the online video posting. Some are being known for their own version of tutorials and lectures online.  Another good thing about watching these channels online is that one doesn’t need to wait for the various television commercials and advertisements to end in other to resume in watching the current show one is watching. These commercials often interrupt our viewing and may sometimes last for a few minutes. In an online television, commercial and advertisements are still flashed in the site, but it is located in a section where it can’t interrupt our viewing time.

The downside of these online television channels is that the time one video is being loaded to your computer depends on the speed of your internet connection. Occasionally, one video may take longer time to be played, sometimes it pauses or buffers because the loading of the full contents of the video takes longer time. Another thing about online television viewing is that it doesn’t guarantee that all television shows on different television channels can be found online. Though these shows or videos can be easily accessed by anyone of us, most of these videos may not be posted for longer periods of time because they are being removed if not by the one who posted it, they may be removed due to copyright infringements. Because of it, some people made their own parodies and posted it in place of the original video or show which was removed.

So the next time you missed watching on TV an episode on your favorite television shows, you can always check on the computer and go online. If you are lucky and you find it there, watch it because we never know when it will be removed online.