The cross-platform compatibility of the desktop software was facilitated by the Qt framework. They also provided desktop software available for Windows, Mac (including PowerPC) and Linux. Early models of Samsung TV were also supported. Livestation provided a website, mobile website and native applications for iOS, Android, Nokia and Blackberry handsets.
Unlike services such as Joost which offer video on demand channels, Livestation streams live broadcasts. Playback controls were overlaid on top of the video stream. Livestation broadcast streams encoded in VC-1 format (Livestation is not currently using peer-to-peer). The apps were available in the iPhone AppStore and stream the live TV channel 24/7 on both Wi-Fi and 3G connections. Mobile: Livestation launched BBC World News on the iPhone in 16 European countries and Al Jazeera English globally.Premium service: some of the free channels were also available on a subscription basis both in higher quality (800kbit/s) and in lower (256kbit/s) delivered via an international content distribution network for higher reliability.Free to watch: a number of channels could be watched for free on the Livestation website or on their desktop player, a freely downloadable video application that presented all the channels through one interface.Livestation aggregated international news channels online and offered them in a number of ways:
