The Macworld trade show in San Francisco is to get a glimpse of SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone.

SlingPlayer Mobile enables users to watch any program normally viewed on a home TV set on the iPhone using a standard broadband network connection.

It will also allow iPhone users to control their home digital video recorder (DVR) to watch recorded shows, pause, rewind, and fast forward live TV, or even queue new recordings while away from home.

Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media, said SlingPlayer Mobile was ideally suited for the iPhone’s large touch screen display.

"I know iPhone users are eagerly anticipating the application’s availability," he said.

SlingPlayer Mobile will be submitted to Apple for testing and approval in Q1.

It will be compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch.

No pricing details have been released as yet.

Sling Media is also unveiling a prototype of the new SlingPlayer for Mac HD which allows Slingbox PRO-HD users to stream HD content to their Mac desktop or laptop computer.

The new SlingPlayer for Mac HD is a web-based version of the SlingPlayer software that will be available for free from Sling’s video entertainment web site later in Q1.

Mac customers will be able to use either Safari or Firefox web browsers to get both HD streaming and Live TV within Sling.com.

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