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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by pfranz on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:47PM (#14964149)
Has anyone had luck with canistream.it? I've never once had success with it and tried at least half a dozen times over months.

Just now I did a search for "all the presidents men." Top hit was "All The King's Men" but the right movie did show up second. It says "Not available for streaming, rental, or purchase. Click below to set reminders."

So I hopped around and did a few quick searches:

streaming on Netflix (i think) https://www.netflix.com/watch/243547

streaming on amazon (with Cinemax) http://a.co/605SHmD

for rent or sale on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/all-the-presidents-men/id5...

for rent or sale on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAGNFnI7mZ4

The page also says it's not for sale on DVD or Blu-Ray (showing an Amazon logo): http://a.co/aoa6bG8

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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by cgriswald on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:30PM (#14964777)
https://gowatchit.com/watch/movies/all-the-presidents-men-44...

Click "Watch the Movie" and it will show you several ways you can watch it (including all you've listed above and more).

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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by pfranz on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @12:59AM (#14965662)
canistream.it seems to have better SEO because I've never heard of gowatchit.com and I swear I've googled some variant of "where movies are streaming" multiple times.

Roku and AppleTV seem to do a decent job of aggregating this information, but that UI isn't always handy and I'm usually more flexible about my viewing options than just those devices.

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Re:Disney acquires own streaming facilities, will pull Netfl... by HelloMcFly on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @09:06PM (#14964657)
Agreed. I've probably tried using that site about 5-6 times over the past year, and it has never told me anything was streaming. Never. And yes, about half of the things I checked were indeed streaming upon further review.
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