CBC Gem: Shows & Live TV

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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About this app

Start streaming for free with CBC Gem, Canada's Home for Streaming.

Watch the best shows, movies, and now live sports from across Canada and around the world — all for free on CBC Gem. Enjoy hundreds of your favourite episodes on demand, and watch live TV channels, including sports events. CBC Gem is home to hit shows like Schitt’s Creek, Murdoch Mysteries, Wild Cards, and global hits like The Great British Baking Show and Ghosts. Now with even more sports coverage, there’s something for everyone!

CBC Gem features:
• Stream CBC TV Live - access all 14 channels from across the country
• Find new episodes and full seasons
• Explore exclusive TV series from around the world
• Discover acclaimed Canadian feature films and documentaries
• Check out ad-free kids programming
• Closed captioning and described video
• Stream CBC News Explore
• Stream CBC Comedy
• Stream Olympic Channel
• Content is only available to stream within Canada

Sign up for a CBC account to get even more!

CBC Account - FREE

• Stream your local CBC TV channel live - access all 14 channels from across the country
• Watch past seasons of your favourite shows on demand
• Pick up where you left off on any device
• Stream CBC News Explore

CBC Gem Premium

Subscribe to Premium to enjoy additional features and content:

• Watch on-demand episodes ad-free
• Stream CBC News Network live 24/7
• Surround Sound

Try Premium free for one week, then continue your subscription for $5.99/month plus taxes. It’s easy to get started - just download CBC Gem, sign up for a CBC account and start your free trial. Cancel anytime.

Ratings and reviews

update: this is the worst streaming app I've ever used and I'm not being dramatic. I fell asleep during an episode of a show, and tried to go back to the episode, forced to watch 4 ads just to OPEN the episode, then tried to skip to where I j thought I may have fallen asleep, the SAME 4 ADS ALL OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN. this app is not good for casting. if you hit the skip ahead button, it jumps you back to the start, with no option to go back to where you were. you can't skip ahead at all.

Almost there, not quite. Love the ability to catch shows that were missed (power and politics, etc) but it's 2025 and I should be able to listen to the audio portion while doing something else on my device. YouTube used to be like this but they solved that problem. It's annoying to have the playback stop the moment focus is changed to another app, on Android at least.

I loved the app when using it with my Chromecast. Now I have a Roku stick, and it doesn't work at all. anytime I make a selection and try to play something, I get a message that says "An error has occurred. please try again later. error-media player16 This has been going on for months, so it's not a temporary glitch, it's a real problem. Also, fix your ads please. Also, having to reenter my login information almost every time is supremely frustrating.

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.

For help, please visit http://cbc.ca/help