Tag archive: Sling

About a year ago, Sling Media was acquired by satellite television provider EchoStar in a deal worth $380 million. Now, the company says five of its key executives are departing the company, including co-founders Blake and Jason Kirkorian, president Jason Hirschhorn, chief creative officer Ben White, and sales VP Greg Wilkes. Sling Media makes the well-regarded SlingBox, SlingCatcher, and SlingPlayer Mobile, devices intended to enable… Read More

Sling Media, an Echostar subsidiary since last year, has opened the doors on a public beta version of its video streaming portal Sling.com, featuring current television content from networks like NBC, CBS, and Fox, along with a selection of movies, older televisions shows, and video from Web-based video sites like College Humor. In taking the site public, Sling.com is going up against sites like the Fox-NBC partnership Hulu, sites… Read More

Satellite TV operator EchoStar has entered into a deal to aquire digital video place-shifting developer Sling Media for about $380 million in cash and EchoStar options. Sling Media develops and distributes the SlingBox and SlingPlayer software, which enables users to watch their home television, recorded programming, and even their home video collection from anywhere in the world using a broadband Internet connection. A recent product has… Read More

Waterfield Designs is mainly known for its colorful, fitted bags and cases for notebook computers, digital cameras, and other high-tech gear; now the company is branching out in to more general-purpose bags with its new Sling Bag, whch is designed to be a stylish, durable, machine-washable tote that can handle everything from your prized digital gear to your sweaty gym clothes. “This bag was designed for versatility and… Read More

Sling Media yesterday said they'd officially started sales of their popular Slingbox in Canada. The Slingbox will cost $299 CAD. The Slingbox, said Sling Media, will be available across Canada in retailers such as Best Buy, Future Shop and London Drugs, as well as online. Sling Media is working together with Keating Technologies, a sales, marketing and support outsourcer and Ingram Micro, a Canadian distributor, to launch the Slingbox… Read More

Sling Media is expected to show off a new mobile client at this week's CES show in Las Vegas, enabling users to watch any television channel available at their house from anywhere they have broadband access via a Windows Mobile device, such as a Windows-based smartphone or PDA. Sling Media's current Slingbox hardware product enables “placeshifting”, whereby users can watch live television anywhere they go using a PC… Read More