There are only a few channels I watch on satellite and as much as I love sitting on the couch and watching my shows when I can, it’s not always convenient. Yes I also DVR my shows but again, I can’t always find time to watch them sometimes and my shows start to pile up. That’s why I love it when my favorite channels come out with a dedicated app that lets me watch my shows. One such channel is the Travel Channel. I love watching it mainly for the food shows and now I can watch them wherever and whenever I want. I essence, it makes my iPad a personal on demand video player.
For starters, note that the app requires that you have service with a participating cable / satellite provider in order to make the most of it. Once you enter your log in information for your provider, you’ll be able to browse through all your favorite shows by name, host, destination, and interests. There are a ton of episodes from different season for each show, though most do not have all the episodes. Not sure if this changes or if episodes go through rotation or not, but there still is a healthy number of shows.
Now watching shows isn’t all you can do on this app. The Travel Channel app also allows you to view the full schedule of shows daily to see when your favorite shows are on. There is also a watch list in which you can queue up shows you want to watch on the app as well showing you which show you are in the middle of watching. Other than that, the app does pretty much everything you want a major channel watching app to do.
If you’re a fan of the Travel Channel, you’ll want to download this app. It’s great on the iPad, though also works on the iPhone. It’s also free to use but you do need to be a current cable / satellite service provider to make the most use out of it.
App Store Link: Watch Travel Channel
Version: 1.0
Developer: Travel Channel LLC / Bottle Rocket
Price: Free
Compatible Devices: (Universal App) iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation) and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description
Watch Travel Channel’s distinctive programming and exclusive extras wherever and whenever you want. Updated daily with full TV episodes, clips and TravelChannel.com original content. Unique destination and interest grids help you find videos to research your next trip or event.
Watch the latest full episodes free through participating television service providers.
• Convenient access to the latest full episodes and clips from your favorite Travel Channel shows and hosts. To watch the latest episodes, log in with the username and password provided by your television service provider.
• Subscribe to any show, host, destination or interest; your Watchlist is updated automatically whenever new content becomes available. The Watchlist also holds videos for you to resume watching at any time.
• Custom designs for iPad and iPhone offer tailored user experiences. Video viewing is synchronized across devices via iCloud.
• Up-to-date, full TV schedule.
• Airplay support. Closed Captioning.
Watch Travel Channel can only be used in the United States.
Travel Moves You. So will the Watch Travel Channel app.
[via App Store]
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