Orb Networks (http://www.orb.com) announced the world’s first way to stream live TV to the iPhone and iPod touch. For the first time, iPhone users can enjoy the immediacy of live sporting events and fast-breaking news on their phone.
“TV on the iPhone is now real,” said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. “Steve Jobs may think that buying shows from iTunes is the same as watching TV, but iPhone users know better. When the NBA playoffs are on, you want to see the game, live, wherever you are. Free.”
Orb was the first company to enable the live streaming of TV from users’ homes to almost any mobile phone with a streaming player and a web browser. To get around the iPhone’s extreme limitations on supported video formats, Orb created a special application, OrbLive, to enable the streaming of any video format to iPhones.
The Orb solution requires a TV Tuner in a PC or Mac and or webcam and a Jailbroken (unlocked) iPhone or iPod.