{"id":275680,"date":"2010-02-04T08:46:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5464089"},"modified":"2010-02-04T08:46:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T13:46:45","slug":"slingplayer-iphone-app-finally-allowed-to-stream-tv-over-3g-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/275680","title":{"rendered":"SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G [At&amp;t]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/sling3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_sling3.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>When the SlingPlayer iPhone app <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5250885\/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-review-wi+fi-only-30\">launched last May<\/a>, it was hamstrung by <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5251464\/att-uses-semantics-to-justify-locking-down-slingplayer-for-iphone\">AT&#038;T&#8217;s insistence<\/a> that it stream video only over Wi-Fi. It was an untenable position, given that MLB.com and others already stream over 3G. Today, finally, the carrier relented.<\/p>\n<p>This has been in the works since mid-December, and both companies still need Apple&#8217;s sign-off before the new 3G SlingPlayer app is available. And don&#8217;t worry: if you&#8217;d previously purchased the $30 Wi-Fi only app, you&#8217;ll get a free upgrade once the new version is available.<\/p>\n<p>As for what it will do to AT&#038;T&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5458684\/att-owns-up-to-shoddy-nyc-and-san-francisco-service\">already clogged 3G network<\/a>, only time and a few dozen dropped calls will tell. [<a href=\"http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/04\/att-gives-green-light-to-sling-tv-over-3g\/\">NY Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=1af617d882246ce41e5f78e73d066488&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=1af617d882246ce41e5f78e73d066488&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=z8X1AGsYrUw:oo9DScK8yQ8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=z8X1AGsYrUw:oo9DScK8yQ8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=z8X1AGsYrUw:oo9DScK8yQ8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=z8X1AGsYrUw:oo9DScK8yQ8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=z8X1AGsYrUw:oo9DScK8yQ8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=z8X1AGsYrUw:oo9DScK8yQ8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/z8X1AGsYrUw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the SlingPlayer iPhone app launched last May, it was hamstrung by AT&#038;T&#8217;s insistence that it stream video only over Wi-Fi. It was an untenable position, given that MLB.com and others already stream over 3G. Today, finally, the carrier relented. This has been in the works since mid-December, and both companies still need Apple&#8217;s sign-off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}