Elgato has announced the new EyeTV Netstream Sat, a network tuner for free-to-view satellite TV for UK users. EyeTV Netstream Sat streams the signal, live and in HD, from a satellite dish to any computer in the house. It connects to your existing satellite feed and sends the TV signal through your router. If you have a Wi-Fi Network, even iPads can access standard definition channels from EyeTV Netstream Sat. This direct connection between the network tuner and an iOS4 device (requires iOS4.2) requires the new version of the EyeTV app, (version 1.2, available in the App Store). This EyeTV app feature also works with the hugely successful DVB-T version of the network tuner, EyeTV Netstream DTT. EyeTV Netstream Sat ships on November 22 at a price of 199,95 Euro (£189,95 GBP). A dual-tuner add-on is sold separately.
Live satellite TV on the iPad
The newly announced version 1.2 of the EyeTV App enables both EyeTV Netstream Sat and EyeTV Netstream DTT to stream SD channels over the local Wi-Fi network directly to iOS 4 devices (requires iOS4.2). DVB-S2 HDTV channels can be streamed via Wi-Fi or 3G/UMTS Internet connection provided a Mac with Elgato’s EyeTV 3 TV software is running as a local streaming server.
Easy to set-up and use
EyeTV Netstream Sat integrates well with your existing network. You can stream live TV, surf the web, and send email all at the same time. An intelligent device, EyeTV Netstream Sat offers centralized configuration via web browser and auto-discovery via UPnP & Bonjour.
Works great on Macs and PCs
Included is EyeTV 3, Elgato’s award-winning TV software for the Mac. Watch, record, edit and enjoy live television on your Mac. Search two weeks of Program Guide listings, and export recordings automatically to iTunes to sync with Apple devices. EyeTV Netstream DTT works with Windows 7 Media Center and also includes THC software for Windows, which offers many of the same features as EyeTV 3.
Turn EyeTV Netstream Sat into a dual-tuner
Elgato’s new EyeTV Sat Free, a great value USB 2.0 TV tuner for DVB-S2, has the unique ability to turn EyeTV Netstream Sat into a dual-tuner. EyeTV Sat Free connects to the USB port on the back of EyeTV Netstream Sat, enabling it to stream a second TV channel to computers in the home network.
System requirements
EyeTV Netstream Sat requires a Macintosh Computer with an Intel Core CPU and Mac OS X v10.5.8 or newer. On PCs, EyeTV Netstream Sat requires Windows 7 and a 2.0 GHz Intel/AMD CPU or better. Network bandwidth must be high enough to allow for streaming of television signals (100Base-T Ethernet, 802.11n for wireless). Direct streaming to EyeTV for iPhone requires an iPad, an iPhone 4 or an iPod touch (4th generation.) A Mac or a PC is required for initial setup of EyeTV Netstream tuners.
Pricing & Availability
EyeTV Netstream Sat ships on November 22nd at a suggested retail price of 199,95 Euro (£189,95 GBP) including VAT. EyeTV Sat Free ships in January 2011 at a suggested retail price of 99,95 Euro (£89,95 GBP) including VAT. The EyeTV app version 1.2 is available at the App Store for 3,99 Euro. The app update is free of charge.
More info here.
Source: Elgato
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Edward W.” for the heads up.]
shame i just bought that poxy elgato sat thing too
Or you could just go here to get live streaming TV for any iOS device for FREE:
http://www.filmon.com/tv/?mid=13
Be careful about this if you have kids, because there is some adult content.
http://www.filmon.com/tv/?mid=13
This is a new service that the networks are not happy about. It is being funded by a billionaire who says he is doing nothing illegal because he is not cutting out their advertisements, and he is willing to fund his own fight.
New channels are being added regularly.
Didn’t mean to post it twice.
It does work very well though.
Yeah I had to block filmon on the kids ipod touch(s), iphones, and my iPad and the wifey’s. Well at least she made me block that site
I still think slingbox is best solution.
Or simply buy an Eye TV USB stick and plug it into the back of your mac and through the wireless home lan to your phone or ipad using the app.
Easy to record to HD, playback and programme future recordings.
If you have an eye tv USB stick this seems to add like benefit for a lot of extra cash
Would make this a slam dunk.
I’d still rather watch TV on the tele and save my desktop real estate for apps. (downloading filmon right now thanks Confuzed!)
Been waiting for elgato to support satellite services in the states. Kudos to Elgato (finally)
MDN. Your headline is misleading. This service
is for UK not the USA. It’s of no use to me.
@TheConfuzed1
Looks Flash-based to me. I bookmarked the site for future reference (thanks), but I avoid Flash content if at all possible. Is there any reason, such as DRM, why Mr. $B couldn’t use HTML5 to distribute this content?
One, filmon.com can’t be flash-based, as it works on iOS devices. Two, I’ve used my EyeTV hybrid to record hundreds of movies onto a 1TB harddrive. The family now accesses all those movies thru the new AppleTV. Some are HD and some are SD. It’s what makes AppleTV worthwhile
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