Top 5: Best streaming video services not named Netflix
Top 5: Best streaming video services not named Netflix
2016-01-25
welcome to top five today we're counting
down the top five streaming video
services not named Netflix at number
five YouTube millions of hours of video
and you can watch so much of it for free
it's on every platform you can even
upload your own stuff to add to the
giant catalog that is YouTube
Google's even got a paid version that
Chuck's out all of the ads with YouTube
red did you know that a subscription in
YouTube red also gives you a
subscription of Google Play Music to
story number four crackle Sony's crackle
comm service has been around for a while
now it might be one of the most
overlooked video services out there
it's got originals like sports jeopardy
and comedians in cars with Jerry friggin
Seinfeld on top of that there are lots
of movies that pop up every month sure
the service has ads when it's got a
great catalog at number three HBO now
speaking of great catalogs it's really
tough to compete with HBO now it's the
most expensive service on this list but
the quality is great
HBO still negotiates to get great movies
quickly on its service then there is all
of HBO's excellent original content
including last week tonight with John
Oliver ballers and Game of Thrones at
number two is Hulu Plus Hulu has the
most current database of television
shows you can find it features tons of
content from the majority of the big
networks including NBC Fox and ABC
additionally Hulu built up its movie
catalog with big-name titles like
interstellar The Hunger Games and lots
and lots of James Bond movies $8 per
month gets you what Hulu calls
limited adds $12 per month gets you
virtually no commercials on any Hulu
content and at number 1 its Amazon Prime
yeah you knew this was coming but sit
still Amazon Prime is the best
alternative to Netflix out there why
Amazon's original content like
transparent and votes are in the jungle
they're winning awards Amazon's video
apps are also pretty awesome because
they let you download prime video
content to watch offline then there's a
whole bunch of other Amazon Prime
benefits like two-day shipping access to
Amazon Prime music and even unlimited
photo uploads Hey
if you wanted to know what's coming and
going online in the world of video check
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