Watching Starhub TV Online on your Mac

Though there is much dislike about Starhub over the Jesus phone, their TV offerings on Starhub TV is still something I enjoy, especially their Sports channels… at least until they lose out on English Premier League hosting rights.

Besides watching it on TV, if you are a MaxOnline user, you can also watch selected channels on your computer with their Starhub TV Online. They also offer TV on Demand where you can download certain shows they are screening on TV now, but unfortunately, that’s Windows ONLY.

Anyway, not to be disheartened, there are still seven channels which you can watch online – Football Channel, Goal TV 1 and 2, CTI TV, Fashion TV, National Geographic and Nat Geo Adventure. However, you cannot watch it off the StarHub TV Online website but requires the Windows Media Player (download here) to do so.

Once downloaded, you have to manually input the URL to watch the channels of your choice:

  • Football Channel: http://www.starhub.com/config/FC.asx
  • Goal TV 1: http://www.starhub.com/config/GTV1.asx
  • Goal TV 2: http://www.starhub.com/config/GTV2.asx
  • CTI TV: http://www.starhub.com/config/CTI.asx
  • Fashion TV: http://www.starhub.com/config/FTV.asx
  • NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: http://www.starhub.com/config/NGC.asx
  • NAT GEO ADVENTURE: http://www.starhub.com/config/NGA.asx

As these are streamed through cable, there is a slight time lapse. So don’t be surprised if you hear your neighbour shout GOAL and all you see is the ball being passed around.

Also, if you are behind a router, make sure you enable Multicast Streaming if you have issues connecting to the Starhub server.

Update – Have just swopped my Dlink router to the Airport Extreme Base Station and just like that, TV Online stopped working for me. Anyone had it work with this router, please let me know.

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TV@SG Lite – your portable TV guide

TV@SG Lite (iTunes Link) was made available at the App Store recently, giving you a handy TV guide on your iPhone/iPod Touch. The app is developed by Joseph Wee who also did Carpark@SG (iTunes Link), TrafficCam SG (iTunes Link) and Locacity SG (iTunes Link).

At the moment, this Lite version enables you to view programs shown today on channels from MediaCorp TV, Starhub Cable TV and Singtel mio TV. When the full version is available (probably paid), you get a full week’s programme schedule and also the ability to do a search and view what’s currently showing on TV.

Definitely a handy app to have if you are a TV addict. Get it now for FREE at the iTunes App Store for your iPhone/iPod Touch. Note that this requires an active internet connection for the app to work.

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