Slingbox now makes TV available on Mac

Stan Beer
Tuesday, 01 May 2007 05:22

Your IT - Entertainment

While Apple works to stream content from the Mac to your TV, digital lifestyle company Sling Media has released software that can stream TV to the Mac.

Sling Media released a device in 2005 called Slingbox, which enables users to stream analogue, digital or cable TV to a PC over a local area network or the Internet. In its latest announcement, Sling Media has extended the Slingbox's capability to the Mac platform with the release of software called SlingPlayer for Mac.

Available for the North American market only, Slingbox owners can watch TV on a Mac, as well as a variety of content streamed from the living room, including DVD and DVR. As long as a Slingbox owner has a broadband connection, they can stream TV and video content from their home to a Mac anywhere in the world, including wireless hotspots.

"We have long admired the elegance, simplicity and visual appeal of the Mac OS and Apple's innovation in general," said Blake Krikorian, Sling Media CEO, Chairman & Co-founder.

"It was important for us to capture that overall appeal and familiarity with SlingPlayer for Mac. In fact, we turned to the Mac community, through our private and public betas, where we received overwhelming feedback from these passionate users. It was this feedback that was instrumental in being able to present the Mac community with a quality television experience on their platform of choice. Being able to bring the SlingPlayer to the Mac is a real milestone towards delivering television on all available platforms and displays."