Tag archive: SlingPlayer

Announced earlier today on the official Boxee company blog, Sling Media has developed and launched a SlingPlayer application for the Boxee Box. Ideal for people that are still paying for cable or satellite content, the SlingPlayer app allows users to stream content from a cable box in the home assuming that the user also owns either the Sling Solo or Pro-HD set-top box. The Sling Solo set-top device retails for $179.99 and streams a standard… Read More

Last year, Sling Media announced SlingPlayer Mobile, a version of their client software designed for mobile devices that enables users to place-shift television and video from their home video systems using a Slingbox, and transmit it to themselves for viewing over the Internet. One problem: AT&T said its network wasn't ready for the idea of people pushing all sorts of video to their smartphones, and so limited the iPhone version of… Read More

Sling Media put out a beta last month, but today the company took the wraps off the official release of SlingPlayer Mobile, enabling users of smart phones and PDAs running Windows Mobile Pocket PC 5.0 and 2003 Second Edition to watch and control their home televisions, so long as they have a Slingbox and access to sufficient bandwidth. SlingPlayer Mobile enables customers to place-shift their local TV service (including local… Read More

Sling Media, developers of the popular Slingbox device, today announced the release of a Windows Mobile based software application which gives Slingbox owners the ability to watch and control their home TV viewing from any network-enabled mobile phone or PDA. The public beta of SlingPlayer Mobile is available for free download to compatible devices which run Windows Mobile Pocket PC 5.0 and 2003 Second Edition. SlingPlayer… Read More

Sling Media is demonstrating a Macintosh version of its SlingPlayer outside this week's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, software which enables users to control and watch their home television on their computer from anywhere they can get a broadband Internet connection. SlingPlayer is client software for the Slingbox, an award-winning hardware device