Entertainment
There are many different types of entertainment online and this keeps on growing as new things are being invented.
Radio has become very popular to listen to via the internet on your computer, you can use radio via itunes or online. If you type in 'radio stations' into google, a huge list of different stations will appear, once clicking on these you can then choose what station you want to listen to e.g. if you go on 'BBC Radio' then a list of there stations will appear.Another good thing is that you can listen to blogs and podcasts aswell, including 'business daily' and 'radio 1 chart blog' which can also be accessed through your mobile phone due to the use of internet on mobile phones now. There is also BBC iplayer which allows you to listen to 'radio hightlights' and other songs/radio you may have missed or want to listen to again.
Aswell as BBC, there are many other radio sites 'Heart' 'Kiss' 'Classical' meaning there are different genres to suit everyone.There is now the opportunity for people to watch tv online, live and repeates. This includes channels such as 'BBC iplayer' 'ITV' and 'Channel 4' all of which you can watch live tv on or programs you have missed and want to catch up on. On ITV player you can catch up with any programs shown in the last 30 days, this is a good advantage if you have been away on holiday and have missed a week of episodes, this website includes ITV 1, 2, 3 & 4.
BBC iPlayer allows you to watch the BBC channels, live and repeats. It shows you lists of the past 3 days programms and allows you to watch these.The advantages of this site is that it is easy and free to use, the sound and picture quality is good and it allows you to resume programmes. The disadvantages of this website is that it only allows you to watch the past 7 days worth of tv and some are not shown at all. The popularity of online radio is soaring with one third of the UK’s adult population listening to radio via the internet.
YouTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. It is the most popular video sharing site and is used world wide by billions of people. Due to the range of videos and how popular it is you have more chance of finding the video you want. Youtube is an easy site to use which makes it available for everyone to use, you can make an account so that you can keep track on certain videos but it is not necessary if you do not use it often. It is free and easy to sign up and once you have that is then your private account where you can save certain videos. The good thing about youtube is the huge selection of videos, including tv shows from all genres including 'comedy' 'drama' 'sport' 'reality & game shows' and many more. Once you have chosen a certain video or clip to watch you will get a list of suggestions on the right hand side relevant to the clip you are watching. This is useful as you may want to watch other vidoes that are related to your search. It is very easy to upload videos to youtube and you can even do this straight from your mobile phones. There is also the option to share a certain video on youtube straight to your social networking site e.g. facebook, as a link so that your friends on facebook can view the video, they can also then comment on this post. Youtube has 4 main catagories: 'Music' 'Film' 'Videos' & 'Shows' which is why the site is so popular with a variety of people. If you set up your own account you have an 'inbox' where you can keep in contact with other people with an account, there is 'my favourties' which will be videos you have starred as your favourtie, 'My channel' which is your own profile on youtube. There is also the option to 'subscribe' to other peoples pages whose videos you like so when they upload a video it will let you know and give you the option to view it. A man told two boys to fight and videod them as he told them to hit harder and to stop hugging like girls. One boy, the weaker of the two, was headbutted and kicked hard several times. The adult responsible for getting these two boys to do this was bailed.
The video-sharing website YouTube is failing to do enough to protect children from the ‘dark side’ of the internet, MPs warn today.
Consoles such as 'PS3' 'Xbox' and 'Wii' have become very popular uses of internet entertainment recently. Playstations have been around for a long time but recently the PS3 has become more popular, and FIFA 10 has become a game many people challenge eachother to online via their consoles. There are many advantages to playing online, one of the main reasons being that you will always have someone to play against, as you aren't always with your friends. A main disadvantage can be the connection between the two players as the signal will not always be strong and sometimes the other player can pause the game and you don't know how long there going to be. With Wii you can also play people online and surf the web online, aswell as accessing other online games and entertainment. If you go online while using the Xbox you will have access to online games, films and music as well as playing against your friends and other people online, going online is fast free and easy to do. This story talks about how Multiplayer game worlds such as EverQuest and The Sims Online look set to generate more than $1bn for the first time in 2004.
The UK's biggest ever multiplayer game convention took place over Easter. It is now a yearly event, where all gamers can get together with eachother
A girl died after playing online for 3 days in a row without a break. An online funeral was held for her, and hundred of gamers attended the virtual funeral.
'Love Film' is a website that allows you to order films that are sent to you, just like getting films from blockbuster, but you don't have to move. Sign up to the site is free and it is quick and easy to do, when signing up the site gives you a free 30 day trial which is a big advantage as you can see how good the service is and how it works. When ordering your DVD's, games and blu-ray will be sent first class post, so you can get them for the next day. Love Film offers britain's largest range of films and games - 67,000 titles and counting, which means you have a huge selection to choose from. On the homepage of the site it says there are '4 easy steps to online DVD rental' 1- Make a list of the films you want to watch, 2- we rush your discs straight to your door, 3- watch them for as long as you like, 4- return a disc to get your new one from your list. It shows how simple it will be for you to easily rent dvd without searching round the shop for the one you want, you can do it online. But although this site does sound very good there are many advantages and disadvantages, some of the advantages being you get a huge range of dics, rapid support and they are all competitvely priced. The disadvantages are sometimes damaged discs, lost discs and dodgey postal service, these disadvantages would give your concerns over paying money for something you may not even recieve, or that you could recieve faulty and have no proof that you have not damaged the disc.
This article talks about how more people are now buying films from lovefilm.com due to wanting more nights in and less nights out. The number of its customers soared by nearly 20 per cent in the first three months of the year to 1.2 million, which shows that it is a popular and good service and it is giving people what they want.
The internet has now made true mulit-player gaming possible, it is now possible to play strategy, adventure, and card games against real players. This is possible without the use of a games console, just through your pc. This includes games such as racing cars, having fights, playing football, all which are very realistic because they are graphics based, and because of higher speed connections and faster computers. There are also virtual games online now such as 'baby dow' where you look after your own baby online, and there are others where you can have pets, and virtual lives online. Baby dow is free and easy to set up, it allows you to create you baby, saying its name, gender, skin colour, hair colour & eye colour, once you have done this you sign up which takes a few seconds. Then you can just monitor your baby online and watch and help him/her grow. Sites like this are good as they allow you to enter virtual worlds and make believe lives online. 
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