Atresplayer

Quite slowly big TV networks are slowly getting into Windows 8, and especially the ModernUI system menu operational.

For fans of Formula 1, the arrival of the broadcasts of the Antena 3 group is good news, to complete the offer initiated by the Catalan TV3 group and its broadcasts of the car competition on ESP3 By the web.

Live channels and recording library

Like all the counterpart programs, such as Zattoo, which we talked about here months ago, the content is based on a grid of access to the live signal from different channels of the audiovisual group, and a small bookstore of recordings of programs and series.

The offer is quite large, with this new business policy of composing large media groups under a single brand. Including well-known media such as Antena3, La Sexta, Neox, Explora, Nitro or Nova.

If anything, in Atres, in addition to all the channels I also have access to specific programs for broadcasting on the Internet such as the Webseries, the interview program Videoencuentros, and more content that is not accessible from the television signal such as radio stations.

Conclusions

If you have a Windows 8 tablet or ultrabook, be it RT or PRO, it is free software that you should not miss installing and. It has been especially useful for me to be able to avoid fighting over the selected program on the TV in the living room, or to be able to watch El Intermedio while the female side of the family (which is the majority) enjoy Sálvame - and not because they are women, but because they have fun with the show.

It is also true that more and more the websites of the channels or groups broadcast their audiovisual signals live or delayed. But streaming stability and smooth playback is much better in a dedicated ModernUI application, than in a web browser.

N.R. In Windows 2012 Server R2, the playback of the videos does not work for me. I guess because of the graphics card driver and because it's a server operating system, and not for watching TV ;)

More information | Atresplayer in the Windows Store, Zattoo, Internet TV has reached the Windows ecosystem