You can now watch most of your favorite television shows while you are away from your TV if you download a few apps onto your iPad. Downloading these 6 free apps will allow you to watch hundreds of shows from any location in beautiful high definition on your iPad.
ABC Player
The ABC Player app is a great way to catch up on all of your favorite ABC programs. Along with the free television episodes, the ABC Player app also lets you view the upcoming ABC schedule for the next few days. You cannot watch any of the shows live on your iPad through the app, but most of the shows are available to watch within a few days of their initial broadcasts. This makes it a great app to catch up on shows that you may have forgotten to DVR or forgot to watch.
NBC
The NBC app for the iPad is very similar to the ABC Player app. You can watch all of your favorite NBC television shows within a few days of them being aired on the network. There are several other features that help separate the NBC for iPad app. Along with the television episodes, you can also play games and view photos relating to your favorite NBC program.
HBO Go
Anyone that subscribes to HBO will want to have the HBO Go app installed on their iPad. HBO currently offers some of the best television shows on the air, and you can watch them all from any location when you download the HBO Go app on your iPad. The app allows you to watch current HBO programs including True Blood and Bored to Death, but you can also watch older HBO shows including The Sopranos. You have to have HBO on your cable or satellite package to be able to use the app. To prove this, you will have sign in to your cable or satellite provider account through the app before you are given access.
WatchESPN
The Watch ESPN app is one of the rare free TV apps for the iPad that allows you to watch live programming. The Watch ESPN app allows you to watch live programming from their ESPN, ESPN 2 and ESPN U channels. This includes all of the live sporting events that they broadcast every day. Past games that aired on ESPN can also be watched on the app. Along with the live programming and sporting events, there are even several games each day that can only be seen on the Watch ESPN app. These games include overseas soccer matches and college football games.
TWCable TV by Time Warner Cable
The Time Warner Cable app is perfect for anyone that subscribes to their cable service. You can watch live TV from certain channels and you can even program your DVR. There is no better way to get your cable television fix while away from home than through the Time Warner Cable app.
TBS
The final free TV app for the iPad is the TBS app. This is the newest of all of the apps to the market and allows you to watch episodes from all of the programs broadcast on TBS. This includes Conan and reruns of your favorite shows like Seinfeld and My Name is Earl.
Blake Sanders is a tech writer at broadband comparison site Broadband Expert. Blake specializes in high speed internet service providers like Time Warner Cable.
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