| Anyone has the chance to watch Indian TV shows | | | | have managed to gain access to the shows on |
| and it does not matter where in the world you are | | | | JumpTV for their Macintosh by connecting a Flip4Mac |
| living today. There are now many satellite TV and | | | | and also making use of Quicktime. However, it |
| cable TV companies offering you the chance to | | | | apparently seems like only those people with a |
| watch not only shows from Indian but many other | | | | Power PC based Macintosh can watch Indian TV |
| countries around the world also. Some companies | | | | shows and other satellite TV programs clearly. If you |
| offer you the system to watch such shows through | | | | have an Intel based PC, then you may find that what |
| a satellite dish and receiver to your TV at home or | | | | you are receiving is of a very poor quality. |
| through your PC via the internet. In this particular | | | | However with JumpTV, they are limited only to |
| article, we will take a look at two options on how | | | | retransmitting services that they have secured the |
| you can watch Indian TV shows and other | | | | web rights for and most of which are foreign third |
| international TV shows that are broadcast over the | | | | language services. That said, they now have the web |
| internet through your PC or laptop. | | | | rights to the TV shows of over 270 different TV |
| One such company that now offers you the ability | | | | broadcasters from more than 70 countries around |
| to watch Indian TV shows and other programs from | | | | the world and they are now available to their |
| around the globe is JumpTV. But in order for you to | | | | subscribers through the JumpTV CDN (content |
| use it, you would need to subscribe to their service. | | | | delivery network) facility. |
| However once you are done, you can then watch | | | | So if you are really someone who is keen to be able |
| news, sports and entertainment TV programs all in | | | | to watch Indian TV shows such as Mayaavi or other |
| real time. All you need to do this to ensure you have | | | | shows form around the world then why not consider |
| a good internet connection (ADSL, DSL or ISDN) to | | | | subscribing to JumpTV. They have subscription |
| your PC or laptop as well as a internet enabled TV if | | | | packages which start at $9.95 (for just one channel) |
| you wish to watch on a bigger screen. This then | | | | or you can pay $19.95 which allows you to watch |
| allows you to receive the pictures that they are | | | | multi channels instead. |
| transmitting at up to 30 frames a second. This is | | | | There is another option available to all with a PC and |
| similar when compared to those pictures that are | | | | internet connection which is quite new on the market |
| sent to a conventional TV. | | | | – PC satellite TV software. This cool software |
| However currently in order to subscribe to JumpTV, | | | | once installed can easily deliver more than 3000 over |
| you need to be able to run Windows media format | | | | TV channels so that you not only can watch Indian |
| on either your PC or laptop as they do not currently | | | | shows, you can also watch other TV shows. Find out |
| have official support from Macintosh to provide the | | | | more from his satellite TV blog. |
| facilities to people with Mac PC. Yet some people | | | | |