{"id":2303,"date":"2018-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/free-streaming-you-didnt-know-you-had\/"},"modified":"2018-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T00:00:00","slug":"free-streaming-you-didnt-know-you-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/free-streaming-you-didnt-know-you-had\/","title":{"rendered":"The free streaming service we all missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re anything like us, you&#8217;re probably low-key obsessed with the whole &#8216;streaming&#8217; thing to the point where ads and DVD menus &#8211; remember those? &#8211;&nbsp; have faded into obscurity.<\/p>\n<p>Relate? Well, we&#8217;ve got some good news.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a free streaming service out there you&#8217;ve been missing out on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/\" target=\"_top\">Kanopy<\/a> has partnered with universities and libraries to offer students and members the ability to stream tens of thousands of films, shows and docos FO FREE.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fo_free-3.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Around&nbsp;4,000 public libraries worldwide are plugged into Kanopy, so using it is pretty easy. Just sign up with a participating library and log in. Each library has different conditions including how many films you can watch a month and how long you have to finish a flick once you&#8217;ve started but we&#8217;re not complaining.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After all, it&#8217;s FREE ya&#8217;ll.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"516\" width=\"1200\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kanopy_2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The service is especially useful for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanopy.com\/kids\" target=\"_top\">kids programming<\/a> and documentaries, but there are also some classic films like&nbsp;<em>Lion, The Dressmaker, Tracks&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>Donnie Darko.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Kanopy.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game changer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2306,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-2303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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