The ball's in Apple's court. Sling Media just announced the submission of its client software for the iPhone to the iTunes App Store. Upon approval, owners of the company's SlingBox device will be able to watch home TV and digital video recorder (DVR) content on their iPhone or iPod touch anywhere in the world.
Sling Box works by placeshiftting and streaming cable, satellite, or DVR data, making the content accessible through a wireless broadband -- cellular or Wi-Fi -- Internet connection on a smartphone or laptop. In the case of a DVR, for example, users can not only watch recorded shows, but pause and rewind live TV or queue new recordings from their smartphone as well.
The Sling Player client software is already available for the BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS and Symbian platforms. You can check out a demo of it in action on the iPhone here. Sign up here to be notified when Sling Player for the iPhone is officially available.