SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone announced

Six months after announcing its intention to bring SlingPlayer to the iPhone 3G, Sling Media has another announcement to make--just not the one you're wishing for.

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone isn't ready yet, Sling said on Tuesday, but it is on its way.

Like SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, UIQ, and BlackBerry (beta) platforms, this iPhone version will let you access one or more Slingboxes from your mobile device, and watch your TV stations on-the-go. It will also be compatible with the iPod Touch.

You'll also be able to manage your DVR from the iPhone, and can synchronously add and remove favorite channels directly from the phone's interface--a first for the SlingPlayer Mobile line.

In our demo, the client streamed live, high-quality video of stations like MTV and TBS on both Wi-Fi and the iPhone's 3G network. Swiping the screen horizontally advances you through favorite stations, and flicking up and down rotates through all your home channels.

Sling Media says it will submit the file to the iTunes AppStore by the end of the first fiscal quarter. While Sling Media shared no firm price tag, it could mirror the $29.99 lifetime fee of SlingPlayer Mobile on other platforms.

Before getting too excited, just remember that Apple has been known to kill promising apps, ostensibly for the crime of a large data transfers. SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone could suffer the same fate. Assuming it doesn't, the client still faces competition from Orb, whose full version, OrbLive, delivers live TV and media stored on your PC for $10.

BBC Mobile Radio Streaming Links

I found some BBC Radio Streaming links on rtsp protocol. Enjoy

BBC Radio 1
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio1/live/r1_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Radio 1xtra
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/1xtra/live/1xtra_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Radio 2
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio2/live/r2_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Radio 3
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio3/live/r3_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Radio 4 FM
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio4/live/r4_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Radio 4 LW
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/radio4/live/r4lw_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Radio Five Live
rtsp://rmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive-acl/ev7/live24/radio5/live/r5_tl_g2.ra

BBC Radio Five Live Sports Extra
rtsp://rmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive-acl/ev7/live24/radio5/sportsextra/live/r5sx_tl_g2.ra

BBC 6 Music
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/6music/live/6music_dsat_g2.ra

BBC 7
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/bbc7/live/bbc7_dsat_g2.ra

BBC Asian Network
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/asiannetwork/live/asian_dsat_g2.ra

BBC World Service Live News
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/worldservice/livenews_v8.ra

BBC World Service Information And Entertainment
rtsp://rmlive.bbc.co.uk/bbc-rbs/rmlive/ev7/live24/worldservice/liveinfent.ra

3G Not Needed for Mobile TV, Says Analysys Mason

Industry adviser Analysys Mason is rocking the traditional wisdom boat with its latest report, Critical Ingredients of Mobile TV. Although many operators are planning to use a combination of 3G and dedicated mobile broadcasting networks to deliver mobile TV and video services, Analysy Mason says they could easily employ some emerging alternatives, such as indoor wireless systems such as femtocells and WLAN, to their advantage. The advisory group also encouraged operators not to overlook sideloading, where content is transferred from a PC or other device to the mobile phone’s memory.
As evidence, Dr. Alastair Brydon, Analysys Mason associate and co-author of the report, pointed out that iPhone users already watch a range of TV content without the need for 3G or mobile broadcasting capability.
Specific findings of the report include:
DVB-H trials have shown significant indoor usage of mobile TV services, with 36%-50% of participants using these services mainly at home. Indoor systems such as femtocells could carry this traffic, potentially with better quality than they could get with outdoor 3G and broadcasting networks.
Sideloading can be a highly effective way of delivering content that is not time-critical, such as pre-recorded TV programs and movies. Compared to other mobile TV distribution methods, sideloading can provide high quality and reliability in any location. For example, video content available on iTunes for Apple iPhones is encoded at a data rate of more than 1 Mbps, compared with 128 kbps for some 3G services.
Operators that are unable to deploy broadcasting networks could potentially deliver a compelling proposition without filling up the capacity of their 3G networks. If 75% of mobile TV content was delivered using sideloading and 60% of streamed content was consumed indoors, then 3G networks would need to carry just 10% of total mobile TV traffic.

http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=160148

Streaming TV and Radio on PDAs

I just found this site called

www.streams4pda.com


which provides various streaming links (mostly through mms server)for PDAs. It seems like a cool site for mobile streaming but unfortunately I couldn't check the contents since I dont use a PDA. These Rdaio and TV channels should work on Symbian and Windows mobile based handsets and PDAs