Watching your own TV, thousands of miles away

Reuters reports:

So you're moving from the United States to another country and the most important thing you can think of is how you can watch the new season of "American Idol"?

You're not alone -- "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 a TV anymore.

There are platforms for watching popular shows on the Internet and there is technology to actually make a full television feed available just like in the living room. Either way, it can be relatively cheap and surprisingly easy to keep up while on an overseas assignment.

A very interesting article.