[Android 4.1+] Aerial TV - DVB-T/T2 with RTL2832

[martintzvetomirov]

Description
Aerial TV brings DVB-T and DVB-T2 to Android using the cheap RTL2832 dongles. No root required.

If you already own an RTL-SDR dongle with the RTL2832 frontend then you are ready to go. Just plug it in with USB OTG cable and follow the on-screen instructions.

These dongles are easy to find online and cost around €10-€15. Those are the same dongles used for SDR. In case of Aerial TV the dongles are actually used in their native TV mode.

Pricing
This app is free to try and gives you 30 minutes of TV viewing during the trial period. After the trial period elapses you can still listen to radio for free.

Compatible devices
All RTL-SDR dongles should work fine with the app. For comprehensive list, check out my previous project's XDA thread: SDR Touch

Availability
The app is only available in countries that have DVB-T or DVB-T2 broadcasts. This means that for example, the app can't be downloaded in the USA.

Feedback
Any Feedback is welcome! I have released the app just recently so it still has some missing features (such as EPG, subtitles, etc.) I would like to build up a Q&A section here so feel free to contribute!

Download URL: http://aerialtv.eu/

 

[litzer.rubicon]

impressive
any plans to do an android tv release compatible with Live Channels app ? it would be awesome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tv

 

[martintzvetomirov]

impressive
any plans to do an android tv release compatible with Live Channels app ? it would be awesome https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.tv

This is a great question

The Live Channels app is currently only available for a very small number of TV boxes. This means that more customers can benefit from Aerial TV than Live Channels.

For this reason I will concentrate working on Aerial TV for the time being. If Google extends support for Live Channels for more Android devices, I will certainly consider creating a plugin.

Furthermore I am unsure how Live Channels works. It is possible that Google is using native kernel support for USB dongles in which case RTL-SDRs are probably already supported.

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