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Entertainment Guide
How to use streaming services
CBC Gem
- You can watch CBC Gem free without creating an account and signing in.
- If you just want to watch as a "guest", then touch the CBC icon in the upper left.
- But if you want to establish an account (which is free), you touch "create an account" in the upper right.
- It will ask you your email address, give yourself a password and put your name.
- By creating an account, you are able to access more of the back catalogue of shows. For instance, if you want to enjoy a series as guest you can only watch this year's shows but if you sign in you can watch all the seasons (past seasons on demand).
- You do have commercials unless you choose to subscribe to the service.
CTV
- You can watch CTV without logging in. To log in you need to submit your cable TV provider and username and password from the cable account.
- By not logging in you can watch current programming on CTV and access their movie library.
Tubi
- Tubi is a free streaming service with a back catalogue of movies and shows. In some regions you can browse without an account, but creating one gives you a better experience.
- To create an account, touch "register".
- Input your name, email address, add a password, input your birthday and gender, then "register".
- Then "sign in" with the email and password.
- Touch "browse" in the upper right corner to search for specific genres.
- TV Comedies and drama have an extensive collection of old shows and recent British shows. Classics covers the golden age of Hollywood.
Kanopy
- Kanopy is a free streaming service available if you hold a library card.
- They offer a range of movies, documentaries, foreign films, classic cinema, independent films and educational videos.
- The first time logging in, go to "get started".
- Next step "find library", this will access a selection of local libraries, choose the closest and "select this library".
- On the next page input your library card number.
- It will then ask for your email address and to input a password.
- You can then log in to access up to 10 different movies per month.