I just dealt with this 3 hours ago surprisingly!
A PS4 does not help, I cut my cable this past April and there was no way using that route.
You can use a family members login on a PC/Laptop and HDMI connect to your TV or Smart Browser. I do that time to time.
The TSN/Sportsnet apps only let you watch if you either pay for their service but are expensive or if you have a family member's login.
My solution:
I am with Bell for my internet. 1GB/DL -Unlimited Loyalty program $75.00/month.
So if you are with Bell you can sign up for Bell Alt TV. Works with a 25mb connection and unlimted DL.
Costing me $16.00/month and I get:
Basic HD
CTV/CBS/ABC/NBC/FOX/GLOBAL/CBC/CITY/CTV2/PBS/YES/Tv1/OMNI(1/2)/APTN/CHCH/TFO/TVO/UNIS/ONT PARL/WEATHER/CPAC/AMI (audio-tv)/CBC (french)/TV5/TVA + CraveTV
A la Carte HD
TSN1-5/SPORTSNET E-W
You sign in to their app and can cast on to your TV or sign in on a PC/laptop & watch there or Stream over HDMI to your TV.
I really cannot complain at all about the cost for what I am getting. There is no PVR though...so it's like watching TV live ala old days lol.
I dont want to burst your bubble, but a couple of things I want to share from my own experience using Alt TV over the past year or so:
1. You CANT cast it to your TV
- They have disabled casting in their app, on purpose, because they are Bell. This includes chromecast and all apple tv except the 4th generation (which has an app for Alt TV apparently).
- Your options to connect are HDMI from computer or 4th gen apple tv app. I have 2 of the 3rd gen apple tvs so its pretty annoying.
2. Quality is an issue, which is definitely on their side so you can't do anything about it:
- I have very fast internet and a new and very powerful gaming laptop. It runs everything beautifully.
- Everytime I use Alt TV to stream sports, I end up fairly quickly switching to an illegal stream. It gets pixelly, pauses to buffer, times out. This happens literally every time and is worse for more popular events like world juniors etc.
- Case in point, I had people over to watch the super bowl last year and we missed the last 5 minutes of the game because Alt TV timed out and couldnt reconnect. It turned back on after the game was over. Luckily we aren't really NFL fans, it was absurd.
I still have this because its part of a package but I'm not planning on relying on this for the NHL season. I used gamecentre for years and it was way more reliable and higher quality (but I live out of market, i know thats not an option for many).