Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 13, 2022 Members Share Posted December 13, 2022 AppleTV+ is holding ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ hostage this year, I see. How to Stream 'A Charlie Brown Christmas‘ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted December 13, 2022 Members Share Posted December 13, 2022 I was lucky to get a free trial version that I need to download but I have it on bluray too. I didn't want to chance it that Apple tv would do this again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soaplovers Posted December 24, 2022 Members Share Posted December 24, 2022 I have it on DVD because of greedy corporations like Apple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 24, 2022 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2022 Smart move, those of you who have it it on DVD or digital download. Honestly, I didn’t envision the day when the special would leave broadcast television. I guess I should have known, given the fact that the special began on CBS, then moved to ABC after decades of being on the same network. Still, it’s weird that Apple TV+ would be the platform. At least last year, people could watch/stream on PBS networks and the PBS website. Now, completely corporatized. SMH. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted December 24, 2022 Members Share Posted December 24, 2022 I don't have Apple TV. But if you have an account from iTunes, you CAN watch the special on your computer for free. From the 22nd through Christmas Day. I just watched it last night that way. (Even if I do have it on Blu-Ray.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 24, 2022 Author Members Share Posted December 24, 2022 The article that I posted upthread gave the details on how to stream for free but I just don’t like the way this is being done. It reminds me of how HBO bought the exclusive rights to first-run episodes of Sesame Street, leaving PBS with the only option to show reruns once the entire season of first-run episodes had already run on HBO. The whole idea of Sesame Street was to be accessible to children who had been marginalized. The fact that you used to be able to watch this programming if you had a basic television and an antenna and now you have to sign up for all these things, just doesn’t sit right with me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Taoboi Posted December 25, 2022 Members Share Posted December 25, 2022 Same. Never thought I would see the day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted December 25, 2022 Members Share Posted December 25, 2022 I'm watching both Charlie Brown Christmas episodes tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 25, 2022 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2022 The Apple TV+ app already comes installed on the iPad and I have an iPad Pro but it’s the principle of the thing that I don’t care for. My Mom wanted to watch a Christmas special so I logged her onto the Apple TV+ Roku app via iPad Pro, so she could watch the special and she ended up drifting onto Hallmark Channel and taking up a 7 day free trial on Roku and I got charged a transaction fee to my PayPal account. Merry Christmas, lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted December 25, 2022 Members Share Posted December 25, 2022 Transaction fee, never heard of that lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted December 25, 2022 Members Share Posted December 25, 2022 Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 26, 2022 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2022 Yeah, they state in the fine print that it is a possibility for a charge for facilitating these types of transactions. Odd, because when I did the HBO Max/Hulu free trial last year to be available on two devices, I wasn’t charged anything. She claimed not to have touched any other buttons yet was clearly watching a Hallmark movie. It was only $1, so there’s that. I bought her the Roku Ultra so I used my PayPal to connect her (there’s no charge to use a Roku in general, but that’s for the Free apps or an account you already subscribe to, I guess). I preferred it when my brother was using his PayPal on the account but since I upgraded her to the Ultra, I decided to attach my PayPal to the Roku account. Sheesh! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted December 26, 2022 Members Share Posted December 26, 2022 Use parental locks lol! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted December 28, 2022 Members Share Posted December 28, 2022 I got Apple+ running and will be watching Happy New Year Charlie Brown soon. There's also a newer new Year's episode too. I am surprised that not all the Charlie Brown movies are available considering they are on DVD. It's a shame the New years episode has never been put on DVD or Blu Ray. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted December 28, 2022 Author Members Share Posted December 28, 2022 This was a one-time thing. She usually doesn’t even venture beyond her usual YouTube and news channels. Somehow it became my fault and how she won’t be going near the Apple TV+ app on Roku again, lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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