Slingbox beams into CBS newsroom

This story is a little off beat from what I normally publish, but for those who are not familiar with a Sling Box, this little unit will allow you to stream videos, live TV from your computer at home to a mobile unit, so you can be on the other side of the world and tune in to your locals news live if you want. This is an interesting story to see the the device finding it's way to help the commercial networks as well. This is particularly interesting as well to see the news delivered to a Windows Mobile powered cell phone too. BD

KPIX in San Francisco has found a way to utilize the Slingbox to cheaply and easily deliver live news, traffic and weather updates wirelessly back to its studio. Here, Don Sharp, news operations manager at the CBS affiliate, shows off video transmitted using technology he developed using a modified Slingbox, a consumer device that streams live TV or TiVo'd shows to any broadband-connected PC or Windows Mobile device.