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The paper discussed the place-shifting devices. Place-shifting device is a piece of equipment that sits between your terrestrial, cable or satellite receiver and your Internet router at home. The best known vendor of place-shifting devices is Sling Media, which makes and distributes the Slingbox. This Toblerone-shaped device won Best In Show at the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and has subsequently become the market leader in this burgeoning space. The Slingbox can redirect one of its inputs to a single computer located remotely or on a local network. The device connects a TV source (using a coaxial, composite, component or S-video cable) to an existing Internet connection. Digital video recorders and cable or satellite set-top boxes can be controlled through a separate infrared (IR) cable that allows users to change channels from the remote location. Software installed on the computer or mobile device connects to the Slingbox and provides the user interface for viewing the video stream and changing channels.