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Livestation iPhone app promises live TV over wifi

by Mike Schramm Dec 4th 2008 at 10:30AM


We'll believe it when we see it, of course. Livestation is a service that claims to be "Slingbox without the box." Once subscribed, you can watch television streamed to your computer, via peer-to-peer, from anywhere. And now they're apparently set to announce an iPhone app that will do the same thing. Like we said, it seems like a great idea -- who wouldn't want to watch some TV while waiting for the train or sitting the doctor's office -- but investment money and promises do not a working iPhone app make.

Even the Livestation rep says it's still in development right now, and he won't give a date other than "soon." I have no doubt that we'll soon see streaming TV on the iPhone -- with the growing popularity of sites like Hulu and Netflix's own streaming video service, and a similar promise of streaming shows from i.TV, it definitely seems like that's where media is headed, even portable media. But this isn't something to hold your breath for quite yet -- I'm happy with Weatherbug's already-working video weather reports.

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sodapop

OK - With this and Boxee - WHERER THE HELL IS THE SLINGBOX APP?

I swear, for a grand idea, Slingmedia is second only to Microsoft in delivering new apps.

December 04 2008 at 3:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony

Testing.. is this working?

December 04 2008 at 1:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony

Good point. That doesn't even need an app - you can view it using safari.

Of course in the UK phones have had live TV over 3G for years - Sky pipe a few of their satellite channels over 3G, the BBC pipe their feeds over it... all it needs is for the provider to allow it and for the phone to support it (this is where it falls down on the iphone of course).

The interesting thing is for all this availability hardly anybody actually uses it, or even probably realizes their phone can do it.

December 04 2008 at 1:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Will

You can watch bbc news over wifi for free in the UK already. Did they just take a screenshot of that?

December 04 2008 at 11:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jez

Is this live from the iplayer only wifi though?

December 04 2008 at 1:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony

Good point. That doesn't even need an app - you can view it using safari.

Of course in the UK phones have had live TV over 3G for years - Sky pipe a few of their satellite channels over 3G, the BBC pipe their feeds over it... all it needs is for the provider to allow it and for the phone to support it (this is where it falls down on the iphone of course).

The interesting thing is for all this availability hardly anybody actually uses it, or even probably realizes their phone can do it.

December 04 2008 at 1:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mare

I don't know about the US but here in Canada cell phones had live TV a couple of years ago, through your cell phone provider. I believe it was an utter failre. Nobody wanted it, since it cost money and the screens of cell phones are way too small.

December 04 2008 at 11:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
chaise

Using mplayer on a jailbroken iPhone works too to stream cnn live or mostly any channels that provide something to stream (eg. .asx).

December 04 2008 at 11:11 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
StPaddy

I've got live TV on my iPhone using Orb. Sure I have to leave my computer on at home, but it's LIVE TV, over Edge, 3G or WiFi!

December 04 2008 at 10:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Swell

I was just about to say that. It works pretty dang good too.

December 04 2008 at 11:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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