We’ve covered the HAVA set-top box from Monsoon Multimedia before. Their SlingBox-like device does… uh… what a SlingBox does. It lets you remotely watch your home TV channels from anywhere with an internet connection. Now, they’ve got some more tricks up their sleeve.
The first thing is that they have added an iPhone player to Windows Mobile, and Symbian S60 mobile players. Their HAVA Player for iPhone will let people view and control their home TV, satellite box, DVR, etc.
They also have iTunes integration. Using a separate application called Monsoon export to iTunes users will also be able to export content from their DVR to iTunes. For watching offline.
The last thing is SociableTV. HAVA owners will now be able to share what they are watching with their friends on SociableTV.com.
These applications should be available this year for free. Export to iTunes should drop sometime this quarter and HAVA player for iPhone and SociableTV should follow second quarter.
They couldn’t buy hava.com and they try to build a user destination around “SociableTV.com?” This looks like s**t, and I have no desire to find out more. I don’t know much about design but the kerning in the picture is terrible. Chan+ Chan -, Opti ons. Fav 1. Wow.
Actually, their destination site is MyHava.com. SociableTV.com is a completely new offering allowing friends to share their “sofa” experience with their friends around the country or world. I checked out the press release from CES last week. It actually sounds kind of cool. I can watch the Cal football games now with my friends who moved to London…
This is a cute idea that will surely result in legal action by the networks. I’d much rather use products like http://skejcast.com that allow me to watch live TV, movies and such and keep them neatly organized in a DVR style interface – heck I can share live tv w/other friends like CNN TV and we can watch simultaneously already with this skejcast product – legally!