Livestation is a simple app that does some cool things.

I’m a news junkie, especially from non-US sources. Unfortunately, watching TV from Europe or Asia is hampered by a big problem–the curve of the Earth. The satellites that hit Europe and Asia are not exactly positioned to beam their signals down to the US. While I have the big dish to get some of the content, that is still reliant on the broadcaster ‘double bouncing’ their signal through an Earth station somewhere and not encrypting their feeds.

Online options are dispersed. Most of the good peer-to-peer programs like Sopcast and TVAnts are Windows only, and going to 100s of different websites can be a real pain.

So I’m pretty pleased to find Livestation. This is a small downloadable app that gives you a standard interface to a lot of different content from around the world. I’m watching Orange Sports from France right now, and can flip to Euronews and a few other feeds of interest. Right now I’m watching Al Jazeera English service (which is funny in the bias that it shows).

Try downloading it. Works on Macs, Windows and Linux.

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8 thoughts on “Livestation is a simple app that does some cool things.”

  1. You make an interesting point about the benefit of having all the channels in one player when you write “going to 100s of different websites can be a real pain.” I think this is one of Livestation’s key benefits, along with the chance to take in different perspectives on news.
    David
    Livestation content team

  2. You make an interesting point about the benefit of having all the channels in one player when you write “going to 100s of different websites can be a real pain.” I think this is one of Livestation’s key benefits, along with the chance to take in different perspectives on news.
    David
    Livestation content team

  3. You make an interesting point about the benefit of having all the channels in one player when you write “going to 100s of different websites can be a real pain.” I think this is one of Livestation’s key benefits, along with the chance to take in different perspectives on news.
    David
    Livestation content team

  4. You make an interesting point about the benefit of having all the channels in one player when you write “going to 100s of different websites can be a real pain.” I think this is one of Livestation’s key benefits, along with the chance to take in different perspectives on news.
    David
    Livestation content team

  5. its a scam!
    bbc world news advertised but not available in canada any more??
    and only al jazeere english works sometimes.
    bandwidth fine.laptop fine.connection fine.
    livestation big joke.tired of spinning circles and blank screen

  6. its a scam!
    bbc world news advertised but not available in canada any more??
    and only al jazeere english works sometimes.
    bandwidth fine.laptop fine.connection fine.
    livestation big joke.tired of spinning circles and blank screen

  7. its a scam!
    bbc world news advertised but not available in canada any more??
    and only al jazeere english works sometimes.
    bandwidth fine.laptop fine.connection fine.
    livestation big joke.tired of spinning circles and blank screen

  8. its a scam!
    bbc world news advertised but not available in canada any more??
    and only al jazeere english works sometimes.
    bandwidth fine.laptop fine.connection fine.
    livestation big joke.tired of spinning circles and blank screen

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