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Content delivery network Akamai announced today that their partner and live TV provider Livestation has officially launched its streaming video solution which allows any broadcaster to deliver live TV to the iPhone. To demonstrate the capabilities of this technology, Livestation has also launched two applications which stream live TV news over both 3G and Wi-Fi connections. Other broadcasters that choose to build mobile applications with the company's new white label turn-key solution can have an app branded and then sold in the iTunes App Store as the broadcaster's own.

Since last Spring when I first heard about it, I've been patiently waiting to get my hands on Livestation, a streaming television service from UK-based Skinkers, which is based on technology from Microsoft (who took an equity stake in the company in exchange for rights to the technology). Our digital lifestyle blog last100 previewed Livestation, which uses peer-to-peer technology similar to Joost, last July. Today, Livestation started granting beta access to people on the waiting list.