U.S. TV from miles away

“Placeshifting” is one of the hottest new areas in TV technology. People no longer need to live in a country to see all of their local TV stations. In fact, they don’t even need TVs.

The best-known technology for moving an entire TV feed from one place to another is the Slingbox (www.slingbox.com). The Slingbox connects to a video feed and to the Internet, and lets users watch that feed as though they were in the same room.

For American expats with money to burn and a need for guaranteed service, there are options like NationPhone & TV. The company will actually sign you up for cable service, put your cable box in its data center and stream the output to you over a fiber-optic connection.