You can now watch ABC on ABC iview all the time

Following moves from Channel 9 and Channel 7 to begin streaming their broadcast channels via the Internet, the national broadcaster has stepped in and joined the streaming party.

As of today, ABC can be streamed via ABC iview. Well, it can be streamed via iview on the web and certain tablet and phone apps – those who watch iview via their games console may have to wait a bit longer.

According to the iview website, each hour of broadcast streaming will consume somewhere between 200-300 MB of data, which is actually pretty decent. It won't be in HD, but then again, nothing on iview is yet.

The current stream is also based around the Sydney, NSW broadcast schedule, and while the initial rollout is exclusively ABC1, plans to expand to the other ABC channels are already in motion for 2016.

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Presto's Big Bang Theory involves launching an Android TV app

Foxtel's streaming service Presto has been a little bit slow on the big screen app service rollout. After launching on Samsung Smart TVs and then expanding to Telstra TV, Presto users have otherwise had to rely on using a

Chromecast or Airplay for big screen enjoyment.

But that's all changed for some people today, as Presto has announced it has launched a native app on the Android TV platform.

Now, anybody with a TV running Android TV 5.0 and above can access the massive collection of Presto Entertainment programming.

Initially, that means Sony's 2015 lineup of Smart TVs, as well as the Google Nexus Player,

The news comes at the same time that Presto has rolled out its December lineup of exclusive content, including the entire back catalogue of The Big Bang Theory.

• See what Presto is like on the big screen in our Telstra TV review

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You can now watch ABC on ABC iview all the time

Following moves from Channel 9 and Channel 7 to begin streaming their broadcast channels via the Internet, the national broadcaster has stepped in and joined the streaming party.

As of today, ABC can be streamed via ABC iview. Well, it can be streamed via iview on the web and certain tablet and phone apps – those who watch iview via their games console may have to wait a bit longer.

According to the iview website, each hour of broadcast streaming will consume somewhere between 200-300 MB of data, which is actually pretty decent. It won't be in HD, but then again, nothing on iview is yet.

The current stream is also based around the Sydney, NSW broadcast schedule, and while the initial rollout is exclusively ABC1, plans to expand to the other ABC channels are already in motion for 2016.

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Presto's Big Bang Theory involves launching an Android TV app

Foxtel's streaming service Presto has been a little bit slow on the big screen app service rollout. After launching on Samsung Smart TVs and then expanding to Telstra TV, Presto users have otherwise had to rely on using a

Chromecast or Airplay for big screen enjoyment.

But that's all changed for some people today, as Presto has announced it has launched a native app on the Android TV platform.

Now, anybody with a TV running Android TV 5.0 and above can access the massive collection of Presto Entertainment programming.

Initially, that means Sony's 2015 lineup of Smart TVs, as well as the Google Nexus Player,

The news comes at the same time that Presto has rolled out its December lineup of exclusive content, including the entire back catalogue of The Big Bang Theory.

• See what Presto is like on the big screen in our Telstra TV review

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You can now watch ABC on ABC iview all the time

Following moves from Channel 9 and Channel 7 to begin streaming their broadcast channels via the Internet, the national broadcaster has stepped in and joined the streaming party.

As of today, ABC can be streamed via ABC iview. Well, it can be streamed via iview on the web and certain tablet and phone apps – those who watch iview via their games console may have to wait a bit longer.

According to the iview website, each hour of broadcast streaming will consume somewhere between 200-300 MB of data, which is actually pretty decent. It won't be in HD, but then again, nothing on iview is yet.

The current stream is also based around the Sydney, NSW broadcast schedule, and while the initial rollout is exclusively ABC1, plans to expand to the other ABC channels are already in motion for 2016.

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Presto's Big Bang Theory involves launching an Android TV app

Foxtel's streaming service Presto has been a little bit slow on the big screen app service rollout. After launching on Samsung Smart TVs and then expanding to Telstra TV, Presto users have otherwise had to rely on using a

Chromecast or Airplay for big screen enjoyment.

But that's all changed for some people today, as Presto has announced it has launched a native app on the Android TV platform.

Now, anybody with a TV running Android TV 5.0 and above can access the massive collection of Presto Entertainment programming.

Initially, that means Sony's 2015 lineup of Smart TVs, as well as the Google Nexus Player,

The news comes at the same time that Presto has rolled out its December lineup of exclusive content, including the entire back catalogue of The Big Bang Theory.

• See what Presto is like on the big screen in our Telstra TV review

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The NSA is now prohibited from collecting phone data in bulk

The US National Security Agency (NSA) shut down its bulk phone data collection system yesterday following a deadline set by the passing of the USA Freedom Act.

As it currently stands, carriers such as Verizon and AT&T will still have customer phone metadata on hand, such as numbers and call duration. However, the NSA will no longer have nearly unlimited access to this data without first receiving a court order on a per-case basis, similar to a search warrant.

Although the Freedom Act has been law for six months, the NSA had a deadline of 11:59PM ET on November 28 in order to transition from its past program to a new one.

In addition to requiring permission to access phone data, the NSA must also increase transparency in the form of annual reports detailing how many requests were made.

Past come present

The Freedom Act was originally conceived in 2013 in response to the revelation of NSA programs storing massive amounts of personal data by Edward Snowden in June of that year. A major focus of the act regarded the NSA's phone collection cache program as detailed in Snowden's leaks.

Additionally, the passing of the Freedom Act tied into Section 215 of the Patriot Act, a major provision for warrant-less surveillance initiatives, which expired this past summer. The Freedom Act was not met without difficulties: there was showdown in the US Senate over the bill before it underwent revisions.

It's still unclear how the new legislation will affect government programs outside of the NSA's phone metadata repository. Other forms of wireless communication surveillance may still go relatively unchanged, as had been the case with the NSA shutting down a web surveillance program in 2011 ... because it found a better way to collect data.

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