MulticastTV

MulticastTV is a lightweight and portable software application that enables you to watch various TV channels right on your computer screen. It does not come packed with advanced features or configuration parameters, making it suitable for all types of users, whether they have previous experience with such apps or not.

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can extract the program files to any part of the hard disk and just click the executable to launch MulticastTV. Another possibility is to save it to a USB flash drive or other removable storage unit, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers.

Worth mentioning is that the Windows registry and Start menu do not get updated with new entries, and no extra files are created on the disk, thus leaving no traces behind after removal.

The GUI is user-friendly, made from a regular window with a plain and simple structure, where you can enter full screen mode and view a list with all available channels. It is possible to switch through them using the arrow keys, as well as to enter the name of a channel to jump to it immediately. There are no other notable options available here.

We have not come across any stability issues in our tests, since MulticastTV did not hang, crash or pop up error dialogs. It has a good response time and runs on low CPU and RAM, so it does not affect the overall performance of the computer. On the other hand, some of the channels did not work at all during our evaluation, so users might be interested in looking for an alternative app to watch TV online.