nitoTV has the credit for the first ever 3rd party app for the jailbroken AppleTV 2G. nitoTV launched a new repository from where you can get the first GUI-based AppleTV 2G app which currently provides weather and RSS functions.


Install nitoTV On Jailbroken AppleTV 2G [How To] :

1) Use PwnageTool to create a custom AppleTV 2G firmware with OpenSSH and apt-get pre-installed, and use it to jailbreak your iDevice (tutorial here).

2) Once jailbroken , open Terminal and SSH into it (ssh root@your-ip-address). Type the password : alpine.
   
    * Type: “passwd” and enter a new password (if you have not entered it already)
    * Type: echo “deb http://apt.awkwardtv.org ./” > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/awkwardtv.list
    * Type: apt-get update
    * Type: apt-get install com.nito.nitoTV
    * Type: killall Lowtide
 
3) Now, unplug and plug it back in, wait for your AppleTV to reboot.