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By: Echostar Buys SlingMedia For $380 Million « GigaOM

Echostar Buys SlingMedia For $380 Million « GigaOM — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:24:42 +0000

[...] Sling has raised over $60 million in venture funding. John Malone’s Liberty Media Corporation and Echostar Communications were some of the backers of this three-year-old company co-founded by Blake Krikorian, Jason Krikorian and Bhupen Shah. [...]

By: Om Malik on Broadband : » Slingbox Hating Has Begun

Om Malik on Broadband : » Slingbox Hating Has Begun — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:23:02 +0000

[...] It is an all familiar story - a new disruptive technology comes to market, and the established players start to get hot under the collar. TiVo’s time shifting technology was met with “this is not good” for the industry skepticism from television networks. Now it is the turn of Slingbox, which is pushing the concept of ‘place-shifting.’ It has generally been met with praise from most, and has garnered big money investments from the likes of Charlie Ergen and John Malone. Capitol Broadcasting President Jim Goodmon, however, thinks that Slingbox is illegal. Goodmon suspects the Slingbox violates program copyright laws — and maybe retransmission-consent agreements — by enabling out-of-market viewing of network and syndicated content. “I have a deal with the cable system,” he says, “and they have retransmission consent for the cable system in this market. They don’t have it for everyplace else. They can’t do that; there’s no way that’s legal.” [...]

By: SortiPreneur

SortiPreneur — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:07:39 +0000

Placeshifting Validation

I have been meaning to write about Slingbox for a while. They received nice coverage off CES. My friend Ersin has bought one and was excited about it. I just never got around to writing about it. And today, I

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Stewtopia » Blog Archive » Sling Media gets $46 million in funding — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:24:43 +0000

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By: Zatz Not Funny. . .»Blog Archive » Echostar Backs Slingmedia

Zatz Not Funny. . .»Blog Archive » Echostar Backs Slingmedia — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:51:51 +0000

[...] On Malik reports EchoStar (aka DISH Network) has participated in the current round of Sling Media funding. Combined with Echostar’s investment in Archos, there’s a high potential for synergistic devices. I give them credit for aggressively investing in these unproven, peripheral technologies… then again, maybe that’s what a #2 needs to do in order to remain competitive. I also congratulate the Sling folks for executing their game plan well — these additional investments wouldn’t have come without the good sales and positive press they’ve received. [...]

By: Aswath

Aswath — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:26:53 +0000

I hope they don't "TiVo" it, by making i into a service when it is essentially a product.