A Program Loading icon spun for a while, but nothing else happened. The program displayed Connecting and Ready messages in the player window, so we pressed the Play arrow. Ten free channels are listed the aforementioned ones plus NBC News Headlines, E-MUSIC, Just Movie Trailers, NBC 4 Los Angeles, and NASA TV. Aside from simplest control suite possible, the only button toggles a Full Screen view. PC-TV Free Satellite TV Viewer is basically a media player with a fixed playlist. But since we couldn't get any of the channels to load, it's hard for us to judge the quality of the 'service,' let alone the programming. For instance, ABC 12 Minneapolis is great if you're in or from Minnesota likewise FOX 8 New Orleans.
While some of the channels the freeware includes seem impressive - such as ESPN, BBC News, and Bloomberg US - others are less so. Though the for-pay service claims more than 3,000 channels, this program is limited to 10 channels, with no ability to edit or change the selections. PC-TV Free Satellite TV Viewer is a stripped-down program that supposedly offers a free preview of a for-pay online satellite TV service.