I'm connected to CNN at 2057ET 9/21. It's running but only the CNN logo is in the lower right corner. the screen is black, no audio.

Everyone needs to understand America's corporate copyright stupidity, unlike the rest of the planet. VERY FEW of any programs can be played on any net feed that are not produced by the station. The producers won't permit even the damned commercials on the net feed. They must be blanked. When CNN is playing one of the talk shows produced by someone else...it won't be on the net feed.

I gave up trying to watch commercial TV long ago as only local news shows are allowed. www.khou.com has fantastic wm live stream from 2 days before Ike through today. The last two days they went back to the network feeds to make some money so the feed is just the news logo and a blank screen until they feed a local update news show on Ike. The coverage was simply fantastic during and after the storm. Now it will go blank, again, see above.

It's 2103. Even the hourly news is blanked out...only CNN in the corner. I'm using the mplayer machinen to view it but there's no programming.

For instant world news - SkyNews channel. For better coverage, France 24 eng English channel is the best. For rock, MAD TV from Russia plays great, if that's your bag. Many channels only play a few hours a day. Hope this helps you understand why.