An anonymous reader writes: Jaman.com have reportedly hacked AppleTV to bridge the gap between IPTV on the PC and the TV and to allow on-demand, hi-def content to be shown on your HDTV via a set-top box (such as AppleTV).
Unlike Joost and some of their other competitors, Jaman focuses on international and indie content and allows users to talk about, explore, find and recommend content from Jaman's extensive library (which is growing rapidly). In fact, much of Jaman's content is not available in any other way, and with set-top boxes such as Apple TV, you can now enjoy it anywhere — your living room/media room or anywhere you have access to a laptop or PC.
In addition to the AppleTV solution, Jaman is in talks to partner with variety of internet TV device providers to bring high-def movies and shorts to other platforms and set-top boxes.
How does it work?
A suitably modified AppleTV will support the Jaman AppleTV plug-in. This plug-in, once loaded, provides a menu option to synchronize with your Jaman media player so that new movies and other media automatically load onto your AppleTV box and are available for viewing through your flat-screen or other home theater display.
The rights management for your Jaman (and for that matter Apple) content works exactly as it would on your computer, e.g. rented Jaman movies expire after seven days.
For the first time, HDTV meets IPTV.