Livestation

"Livestation delivers detailed monthly statistics to its partner channels. This especially helps channels like Russia Today understand the needs of those who choose to watch live news over broadband and allows us to modify and improve the way news is delivered to suit on-line customer needs."

Graham Pitman, CEO of the European Television Guild which distributes Russia Today.

Version History

Version 2.3.0

  • Implemented Live panel.
  • Added Live Chat notification icon on overlay.
  • Improvements to Live Chat, including an option to ignore users.
  • Improvements to What's Hot.
  • Option to add or remove partner channels.
  • Added video and audio device preferences.
  • Disabled screensaver with Livestation running in fullscreen mode.
  • Improved support for MMS streams.
  • Channel screen grabs used as logos for the user channels.
  • Channel name displayed when highlighting a channel logo on the carousel.

    Version 2.1.1

    • Improvements to Chat and What’s hot.
    • Fixed auto tune issue.
    • Changed short cut to close the Livestation window (from Control + X to Control + W).
    • New channel alerts changed to opt in on installation.

    Version 2.1.0

    First fully cross platform release of Livestation on Windows, Mac & Linux. Introduces the following functionality:

    • Easy to navigate visual carousel.
    • Buzz – the new way to alert the user community about something on TV right now.
    • Able to chat with others watching the same channel.
    • Alerts to users on events (system & breaking news) available whilst the client is running.
    • Search & select from the over 1000 user added channels from within the Player.
    • Tutorial describing key Livestation functionality available during install process & from help menu.
    • Preferences box to set up notifications enabled.
    • Removed requirement for Net & Silverlight.

    Version 1.0.77.3

    • Fixed Silverlight installation issue.
    • Added support for more user streams.

    Version 1.0.77.2

    • Added support for mms streams over tcp.

    Version 1.0.77.1

    • Added user channel tip at startup.

    Version 1.0.77.0

    • Add your own channels to Livestation.
    • Integration with Twitter.

    Version 1.0.75.1

    • Disabled EPG download when Livestation is running in system tray.
    • Fix to balloon tip not appearing when submitting logs.

    Version 1.0.75.0

    • Improved P2P mechanism.
    • Separation of TV and Radio in menu.
    • Improvement to EPG status bar.

    Version 1.0.73.1

    • Fixed Vista install when UAC is turned off but user is not admin.

    Version 1.0.73.0

    • Delay added to 'Signal Unavailable' message before being displayed.
    • Better error handling when attempting to install Silverlight without a network connection.
    • Prevented installation of Livestation on Windows XP if user account is not part of the Admin group.
    • Disabled Screensaver when running Livestation in fullscreen mode.
    • Disabled channel change whilst already tuning into a channel.
    • Fixed issue where the channel logo's were not being downloaded, when 0 byte files existed in the channel logo cache directory.
    • Livestation now sits in the tray where there is no network connection after resuming from standby and hibernation.
    • Added handling of multiple messages.
    • Allow users to send text when submitting logs.
    • Fix to the temporary video freeze on channel change.
    • Settings now saved to file on change, rather than once on exit.
    • Added network status messages.
    • Fix to issue where Radio stops playing but continues to download.

    Version 1.0.71.1

    • Radio tuning enhanced.

    Version 1.0.71.0

    • Added invite a friend to the options menu.

    Version 1.0.69.0

    • Fixed several network code bugs.
    • Improved the sound quality of radio channels.
    • Livestation no longer opens the video window after system is resumed.

    Version 1.0.67.0

    • Improved radio channel support.
    • Increased number of channels.
    • Can now send log files for support.

    Version 1.0.65.1

    • Fixed javascript error when streaming channel fails.

    Version 1.0.65.0

    • Added automatic sign in option on the sign in screen.
    • Added menu option for run livestation as system start.
    • Save more settings, e.g. volume and mute.
    • Progress Indicator at startup.
    • Channel change progress indicator.
    • UI remains visible while changing channel.
    • Silverlight rapid channel change crash fixed by disconnecting silverlight from mms during channel change.

For Windows, Mac & Linux

  • Download Livestation
  • All your channels in one place
  • Surf and email while you watch
  • Instant, live chat with others watching Livestation
  • Desktop alerts bring you breaking news and Livestation updates

Our partner channels

  • Al Jazeera
  • BBC Arabic
  • BBC World News
  • Bloomberg Television
  • C-SPAN
  • DW TV
  • euronews
  • France 24
  • ITN on Livestation
  • Russia Today
  • Rusya Al Yaum
  • BBC World Service
  • DW-RADIO

All free and in high quality on Livestation