Apple TV and VLC works exactly like that, I use it all the time. 1) I copy some URL on my phone or computer 2) I open the VLC app on my Apple TV and select th

Apple TV and VLC works exactly like that, I use it all the time. 1) I copy some URL on my phone or computer 2) I open the VLC app on my Apple TV and select the URL field 3) My phone buzzes because it recognizes an input field 4) I paste the url and press play The nice part is that you can also use that to watch Acestream content if you run some Acestream container on your NAS / Computer exposed via a http proxy and just paste that URL into VLC on the TV.