Thanks to a growing number of hardware and software products, viewers can see their favorite TV programs anywhere in the world at the same time they are being broadcast back home, writes the NY Times. As long as there is access to a high-speed internet connection, live or recorded programs can be transmitted from a home to across the globe, to be viewed on a PC or a variety of mobile handheld devices.

Some solutions, like Sony's LocationFree TV, Sling Media's Slingbox and a software solution from Orb Networks, also allow viewers to watch TV anywhere in the house on a PC, as long as it is connected to a wired or wireless home network.

Forrester Research estimates that the total potential audience for remote video access devices will rise to only 1.5 million customers by 2010, with total sales of 1 million. But the novelty of the technology has generated considerable buzz for companies offering the devices or other solutions.