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#1 · (Edited)
Please use this thread to discuss the CraveTV video streaming service, which is now available to all Canadians. The previous thread in the TV Providers forum discussing the initial launch through Bell and some other TV providers is now closed to new comments, but is still available for viewing.
Bell Media Launches CraveTV Streaming Service

CraveTV is available through some TV providers or directly from CraveTV. The direct price is higher at $7.99 a month with a 1 month free trial.

Useful Links:
Web site: http://www.cravetv.ca/
FAQ: http://help.cravetv.ca/
EDIT: The FAQ has now been updated.
 
#90 ·
New HBO additions THE NEWSROOM and OLIVE KITTERIDGE Headline May Lineup for CraveTV

Friday, May 6:
MISTRESSES – Season 3 – *PREMIERE* (Dramas)
THE ROLLING STONES: STONES IN EXILE – *PREMIERE* (Documentaries/Music)
STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MANS AND LE MANS – *PREMIERE* (Documentaries/ SHOWTIME/Sports)
OLIVE KITTERIDGE – *PREMIERE* (Dramas/HBO)

Friday, May 13:
THE LAST SHIP – Season 2 – *PREMIERE* (Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Dramas)
NOT SAFE WITH NIKKI GLASER – Season 1A – *PREMIERE* (Comedies)
TOSH.O – Season 8A – *PREMIERE* (Comedies)
THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH – Season 1A – *PREMIERE* (Documentaries/SHOWTIME)

Friday, May 20:
BON JOVI LIVE IN LONDON – *PREMIERE* (Music)
BESSIE – *PREMIERE* (Dramas/Music/HBO )
BITTEN – Season 3 – *PREMIERE* (Dramas/Sci-Fi & Fantasy/All-Canadian)
ANOTHER PERIOD – Season 1 – *PREMIERE* (Comedies)

Friday, May 27:
MORE THAN THIS: THE STORY OF ROXY MUSIC – *PREMIERE* (Documentaries/Music)
TIME TRAVELLING BONG – *PREMIERE* (Comedies)
THE NEWSROOM – Seasons 1-3 – *PREMIERE* (Dramas/HBO)
GRACELAND – Season 3 – *PREMIERE* (Dramas/Crime & Mystery)
 
#92 ·
Interesting pick-up. Roots was commissioned by the History channel (U.S., owned by A+E) and debuts there next week, but as it turns out it is not currently scheduled to air on History in Canada (Corus). A+E ended up deciding to simulcast it on A&E (which Canadians can get) and Lifetime (U.S.), though it's not clear whether one caused the other.

In any case it's interesting that it landed with CraveTV as opposed to, say, Shomi, whose co-owners Rogers and Shaw have historically had strong ties with A+E.
 
#93 · (Edited)
CraveTV This June: New Buzzworthy Series DICE, New Season of DOCTOR WHO, New Episodes of Breakout Hit CASUAL, and Big-Name Music Specials and Documentaries

JUNE PREMIERES

Wednesday, June 1:
HOMELAND – Season 4 – *PREMIERE* (Crime & Mystery, Action & Adventure, SHOWTIME, Dramas)
THE SPYMASTERS: CIA IN THE CROSSHAIRS – *PREMIERE* (SHOWTIME, Documentaries, Crime & Mystery).

Friday, June 3:
TEEN WOLF – Season 5 – *PREMIERE* (Teen Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Dramas)
NIGHTINGALE – *PREMIERE* (HBO, Dramas)
MICHAEL JACKSON’S JOURNEY FROM MOTOWN TO OFF THE WALL – *PREMIERE* (SHOWTIME, Documentaries, Music)

Tuesday, June 7:
CASUAL – Season 2 – *PREMIERE* (Comedies, Dramas)

Friday, June 10:
JA’MIE: PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL – *PREMIERE* (HBO, Comedies)
JONAH FROM TONGA – *PREMIERE* (HBO, Comedies)
SAVING MY TOMORROW Parts 1– 4 – *PREMIERE* (HBO, Documentaries)
GIGOLOS – Season 6 – *PREMIERE* (SHOWTIME, Reality TV)
ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY – Season 2 – *PREMIERE* (Comedies, Stand-Up Comedy)

Friday, June 17:
PAUL MCCARTNEY: LIVE KISSES – *PREMIERE* (Music)
PROOF – Season 1 – *PREMIERE* (Dramas, Crime & Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy)
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 3 – *PREMIERE* (Superheroes, Action & Adventure, Dramas)
DICE – Season 1 – *PREMIERE* (SHOWTIME, Comedies, Sitcoms)

Friday, June 24:
DOCTOR WHO – Season 9 – *PREMIERE* (Sci-Fi & Fantasy, British TV, Dramas)
THE BRINK – Season 1 – *PREMIERE* (HBO, Comedies)
LOST SONGS: THE BASEMENT TAPES CONTINUED – *PREMIERE* (SHOWTIME, Documentaries, Music)
THE ROLLING STONES: SOME GIRLS LIVE FROM TEXAS ’78 – *PREMIERE* (Music)
 
#98 ·
#99 ·
CraveTV Reveals Dramatic Fall Pickups

As the #CTVUpfront unfolds today, CraveTV confirmed it has concluded multi-studio deals for the exclusive acquisition of Hollywood’s biggest new dramas for launch in Canada following the series’ first-window seasons on CTV. In all, a total of five of television’s biggest-buzz broadcast dramas were acquired during the L.A. Screenings:

DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (Entertainment One)
CONVICTION, (Entertainment One)
TRAINING DAY (Warner Bros.)
NOTORIOUS (Sony)
TIME AFTER TIME (Warner Bros.)

CraveTV subscribers will enjoy these series exclusively, beginning in Fall 2017. CraveTV also announced today that it has concluded a multi-title, multi-year exclusive streaming deal with Warner Bros. International Television for the Canadian market that delivers some of 2016’s hottest shows of the year to CraveTV, beginning this fall. Coming to CraveTV are two of the Top 5 new shows of last season: BLINDSPOT and LUCIFER; as well as superhero series DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW; and comedies THE DETOUR and ANGIE TRIBECA, both of which are set to debut following their first window on The Comedy Network.
 
#100 ·
#SummerCravings! International Espionage Hit DEUTSCHLAND 83 Headlines CraveTV's Can't-Miss, Exclusive Summer Lineup

CraveTV Exclusives

Tuesday, June 14:
CASUAL – Season 2 - New episodes of CASUAL stream weekly all summer long.

Tuesday, June 16
COMEDIANS IN CARS GETTING COFFEE Season 8 – *PREMIERE*Seasons 1-7 now available on CraveTV.

Friday, July 8
TRUE BLOOD Season 1-7 – *PREMIERE*

Friday, July 29
O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA Parts 1-5 – *PREMIERE*

Friday, August 5
MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER Season 1 & 2 – *PREMIERE*

August 26
DEUTSCHLAND 83 – *PREMIERE*
 
#101 ·
#103 ·
CraveTV Now Available on Xbox One
Bell Media announced today that CraveTV is now available to subscribers via Xbox One. CraveTV subscribers who have an Xbox One can now stream thousands of hours of their favourite premium television programming directly from their Xbox One game console homescreen. The launch of CraveTV on XBox is the latest platform release for CraveTV, which is currently available through mobile apps on iOS, Android, and Microsoft Windows 8.1, the web, Apple TV, Chromecast, and select Samsung Smart TVs.
 
#108 ·
I watch it using Apple TV 3. Works great. I'm current on Windows 10. Seems to work fine on Internet Explorer, Edge and Firefox, but I haven't watched it there for any amount of time.
I use the Internet Explorer browser interface (cravetv.ca) regularly for managing My Cravings (favorites).
Firefox requires an Adobe flash player install and Edge requires activation of the embedded flash player.
I have used Crave with the chrome browser in the past but today I can't even sign-in.
 
#109 ·
Thanks for the info. Flash is an issue. Support for Flash may have already been discontinued in Chrome and end of support is scheduled for Firefox. Even Adobe is making noises about walking away from Flash. I uninstalled it on all my systems but had to reinstall it for Shomi. It looks like it's required for CraveTV as well. The rest of the world is moving to HTML5. I hope these companies adopt the new HTML5 standard soon.
 
#110 ·
CraveTV August Highlights

Friday, August 5
MARVEL’S AGENT CARTER – Seasons 1 and 2 (Superheroes/Dramas/Action & Adventure)
BACK ON BOARD: GREG LOUGANIS – (HBO/Documentaries/ Sports)
DEADLIEST CATCH – Season 9 (Discovery/Action & Adventure/Reality TV)

Friday, August 12
MASTERS OF SEX – Season 3 (Showtime/Historic TV/Dramas)
STRIKE BACK – Seasons 1-4 (HBO, Dramas/Action & Adventure/Crime & Mystery)

Friday, August 19
BLINDSPOT – Season 1 (Dramas/Crime & Mystery)
LUCIFER – Season 1 (Superheroes/Dramas/Sci-Fi & Fantasy)
SHOW ME A HERO – (HBO/Dramas/Historic TV)

Friday, August 26
DEUTSCHLAND 83 – Season 1 (Dramas/Historic TV/Action & Adventure)
TIG NOTARO: BOYISH GIRL INTERRUPTED – Documentary (HBO/Stand-Up Comedy/Comedies)
THE WHO: ISLE OF WIGHT – (Documentary/Music)

New episodes of MOTIVE and CASUAL will also be added weekly.
 
#112 ·
What's new on CraveTV in September

Friday, Sept. 2

ROOTS – (Historic TV/Dramas)
THE BIG BANG THEORY– Season 5 (Comedies/Sitcoms)
KINGDOM – Season 2 (Dramas)
WEEDS – Seasons 6 – 8 (Dramas/Comedies/The Showtime Collection)
BLUE BLOODS – Seasons 5 – 6 (Crime & Mystery/Dramas)
HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN – (HBO/Dramas/Historic TV)
ELTON JOHN: THE MILLION DOLLAR PIANO – LIVE IN LAS VEGAS – (Music)
GRIMM – Season 5 (Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Dramas)
THE GOLDBERGS – Season 3 (Sitcoms/Comedies)
ARROW – Season 4 (Dramas/Superheroes/Action & Adventure)
THE FLASH – Season 2 (Dramas/ Superheroes/Action & Adventure)
DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW – Season 1 (Dramas/Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Superheroes/Action & Adventure)

Wednesday, Sept. 14

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH – Season 1, Episode 18 (Documentaries/The Showtime Collection)

Friday, Sept. 16

FERRELL TAKES THE FIELD – (HBO/Documentaries/Comedies/Sports)
YUKON MEN – Season 1 (Discovery/Reality TV)

Wednesday, Sept. 21

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH – Season 1, Episode 19 (Documentaries/The Showtime Collection)

Friday, Sept. 23

$100,000 PYRAMID – (Reality TV)

Wednesday, Sept. 28

THE CIRCUS: INSIDE THE GREATEST POLITICAL SHOW ON EARTH – Season 1, Episode 20 (Documentaries/The Showtime Collection)

Friday, Sept. 30

MATCH GAME – Season 1 (Reality TV/ Comedies)
 
#113 ·
The Rolling Stones' Historic Film Goes to CraveTV In First-Window TIFF Deal

In advance of tonight’s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, CraveTV today announced it has exclusively acquired the new feature film THE ROLLING STONES OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ!: A TRIP ACROSS LATIN AMERICA, which follows The Rolling Stones’ early 2016 tour through 10 Latin American cities. As part of the deal, CraveTV also acquired the Stones’ companion concert film, THE ROLLING STONES HAVANA MOON, a concert special from the Havana show.

Today’s announcement also confirmed that following its world premiere at TIFF, CraveTV will be the exclusive first-window home in Canada for THE ROLLING STONES OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ!: A TRIP ACROSS LATIN AMERICA, launching Friday, Oct. 14. THE ROLLING STONES HAVANA MOON will launch in Jan 2017, again in an exclusive post-theatrical window.

CraveTV parent Bell Media confirmed that following their exclusive first-windows on CraveTV, the specials will premiere across premium Pay service The Movie Network, and Specialty services Bravo! and MUCH, before getting a broadcast premiere in Canada on CTV.
 
#114 ·
CraveTV's October Lineup

Wednesday, Oct. 5
Top 20 Halloween Episodes Collection - 20 of of television’s most-beloved Halloween-themed episodes from series including SOUTH PARK, TRUE BLOOD, THE BIG BANG THEORY, COMMUNITY, VERONICA MARS, and GRIMM.

Friday, Oct. 7
SALEM – Season 2 (Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Historic TV/Dramas)
LEGENDS – Season 2 (Crime & Mystery/Dramas)
THE ROAST OF ROB LOWE – (The Roast Of…/Stand-Up Comedy/Comedies)
JEFF ROSS PRESENTS ROAST BATTLE – (The Roast Of… / Comedies/Stand-Up Comedy)
ROAST BATTLE
ROADIES – Season 1 (The SHOWTIME Collection/Dramas/Comedies/Music)

Friday, Oct. 14
MARTIN LAWRENCE: DOIN TIME: UNCUT – (The SHOWTIME Collection/Comedies/ Stand-Up Comedy)
JERSEY SHORE – Season 1 – 6 (Reality TV)
BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD: THE MIKE JUDGE COLLECTION – Season 1 – 3 (Comedies)
THE ROLLING STONES OLÉ OLÉ OLÉ! : A TRIP ACROSS LATIN AMERICA – (Music/Documentaries)
THE MELTDOWN WITH JONAH AND KUMAIL – Season 2 (Comedies/ Stand-Up Comedy)

Friday, Oct. 21
RAY DONOVAN – Season 4 (The SHOWTIME Collection/Crime & Mystery/Dramas)
THE LIBRARIANS – Season 2 (Sci-Fi & Fantasy/Dramas/Action & Adventure)

Friday, Oct. 28
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING – (Comedies/Stand-Up Comedy)
ALI VS. – (Sports)
CASSIUS CLAY’S GREATEST HITS – (Sports)
RINGSIDE: ALI – (Sports)
******: THE DANGEROUS LIFE OF JOHN MCAFEE – (The SHOWTIME Collection/Documentaries)
 
#115 ·
CraveTV Now on Apple TV

Bell Media announced today that CraveTV is now available for in-app purchase on Apple TV. Apple TV customers can now subscribe directly from their iTunes account and begin streaming thousands of hours of their favourite television programs for $7.99/month.

How to subscribe to CraveTV from Apple TV:
Step 1: Download the CraveTV app from the App Store.
Step 2: Subscribe directly to CraveTV from Apple TV using an iTunes account for $7.99, with a trial month free of charge.
Step 3: Register for CraveTV login credentials, which allows subscribers to stream CraveTV on any supported device, as well as on the web at CraveTV.ca.
 
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