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HAVA SociableTV lets you and friends fight over the remote, remotely

by Richard Lawler posted Jan 9th 2009 at 4:21PM


Looking for another reason to choose HAVA over Slingbox? The SociableTV website will let HAVA owners share their video Justin.tv-style with friends or the world, and chat while they watch. Xbox Live may still be working on getting group watching features off the ground on Netflix and Sling.com is a solitary experience but William Loesch, Monsoon Multimedia CEO sees people jumping online and watching live TV events like the Super Bowl together (at least until the NFL hears about it) regardless of location. SociableTV.com is just a placeholder for the moment but expect things to go live with a free upgrade for all HAVA owners in the second quarter of this year.

Monsoon brings HAVA Player for Apple's iPhone

by Darren Murph posted Jan 9th 2009 at 3:52AM


Early last year, Monsoon Multimedia announced that the HAVA Mobile Player would be coming to S60 handsets; here at CES, we've learned that the same software is headed to Apple's iPhone. For those unaware, HAVA Player for iPhone allows HAVA customers to view and control their home television and services, including satellite and TiVo, from anywhere in the world. An on-screen remote enables users to change channels, browse the EPG and pause / view recorded shows from most any cable / satellite DVR in real time. Furthermore, iPhone users can also export their HAVA DVR recordings to iTunes (pictured after the break) to watch later, but those looking to take advantage will have to wait until sometime next quarter. Ah well, at least it'll be free. Full release is after the break.

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