You probably know that you can stream recent episodes of popular TV shows from network websites. Miss the last episode of Lost? Just go to ABC.com. Want to see 30 Rock? Try NBC.com. But did you know that a ton of TV stations and networks provide live streams of their content? You can watch live content from CNN, C-Span, and hundreds of local or internet-only TV stations broadcasting in the US and around the world.

Sure, it may not be the most exciting content, but if you're bored and don't have a TV tuner in your PC, you'd be amazed what you might be willing to watch. Of course, nobody wants to bookmark every single live TV stream one by one.

That's where AnyTV comes in. This free Windows application acts as both a media player and channel guide. AnyTV includes a huge list of internet television streams. Odds are you'll have trouble getting some of the streams to play. For example, ESPN is listed, but we weren't able to watch any video from ESPN.com using the AnyTV Player. But C-Span certainly worked.

As an added bonus, AnyTV includes Radio and Video tabs. Radio includes a long list of streaming radio stations, while Video features video clips available from various web sites, including a handful of clips from the Daily Show and from NASA TV.

[via Technobuzz]