27 Dec 2013

How-to extend the time limited views of online tv

There are many websites that provide viewing of TV channels online. However, when you are in office and have limited access to all websites, and want to see cricket match online, there are very few channels that provide such a service but with limited time only. This technique will help you extend the time.
I am rather surprised that very few people have limited knowledge of such small things, or probably they have given up thinking or fear of exploring new things. The solution is seemingly simple.
To understand the solution, one has to think is, how the website track the limited time on your PC !

You use Internet to search information frequently on regular basis - restaurants at a nearby location, jacket to match with your jeans on flipkart, or flowers to send to your friend online. But have you ever noticed that when you visit the same website the next day, it remembers your earlier search and choice of selection !
Cookies showing my recently viewed item and recommending others

While a user is browsing a website, the website sends a piece of data and store it in user's web browser, to keep a track of the users activity on the website. This piece of data is called a cookie/ web cookie or browser cookie. So every time the user loads the website, the browser sends the cookie back to the server to notify the website of the user's previous activity. Cookies were basically designed to remember such information (such as items in a shopping cart) or to record the user's browsing activity (months or years ago).

View of cookie stored for Flipkart.
Now that we know, cookies are the real reason, time limited online tv websites keep a track of your browsing history; the solution is to just clear the cookies, cache and browsing history of the browser. So the next time, when the  limited time is running out, you need to type Ctrl+ Shift+ Del button and select options to delete Cache, Browsing history and Cookies. Open the website again, and you will get to watch the online tv again for the same time period again.

Have fun exploring.


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