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Sling Media’s SlingPlayer app is now available on Google TV, making it possible for Logitech Revue owners to access Slingbox streams on their device. The launch of the Google TV app comes a month after SlingBox debuted a dedicated app for the Boxee Box. Read more »

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Changes are shaping worldwide mobile video market as consumers make their selections for how they view video and TV on mobile devices, and as viable business models for delivery surface. This report, the second in a two-part series devoted to exploring mobile video, covers global use of mobile TV and video services delivered to a variety of devices via cellular and broadcast networks for the period 2011-2015. It forecasts three types of business models for delivering mobile video: free-to-air, cellular tv and unicast video. Companies mentioned in this report include Hulu, YouTube, MobiTV, KDDI, LG, Samsung and Qualcomm. For a full list of companies, and to read the full report, sign up for a free trial. Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Despite being swallowed up by EchoStar more than three years ago, Sling Media is still chugging along, adding new features and viewing options for loyal SlingBox users. With its latest update, Sling will give users the ability to stream video content straight to the iPad. Read more »

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The SlingPlayer application will come to the iPhone after Sling Media worked with AT&T to adjust the way the application uses bandwidth. The news marks a turning point in the mobile application world, whereby developers and carriers work closely to adapt their apps for mobile. Read more »

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The  SlingPlayer application will come to the iPhone, thanks to Sling Media working with AT&T to adjust the way its video application uses bandwidth on AT&T’s overburdened 3G network. This will be great for people who want to stream television content from their Slingbox at home […] Read more »

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As a long-time Slingbox owner, it’s good to see the mobile software still progressing. While I’m wishing for an Android version of the client, Windows Mobile users keep marching forward — today the company released SlingPlayer Mobile v.2.0 for WinMo 6 touchscreen device owners. And unlike […] Read more »

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Boxee Box Remote Has a QWERTY Keyboard; the company says for people to get the most out of the box the remote was going to need to do more than just point and click. (Boxee blog) Meanwhile, Engadget goes ‘hands on’ with the Boxee Box. (Engadget) […] Read more »

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Ever since Blake Krikorian left Sling Media, the place shifting startup that he sold to Echostar for $380 million in September 2007, he’s been lying low. Instead of trying to build yet another startup, he has been spending time trying to put together a killer home […] Read more »

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The term “digital home” has been tossed around for a number of years with few indications of how big the market actually is. Small startup companies and potentially-disruptive technologies are regularly identified as the key players in what was, in 2008, a $553 billion U.S. market. ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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When Blake Krikorian made the rounds in 2004-2005 to tell people about his new device called the Slingbox, the founder and then-CEO of Sling Media employed a pretty smart tactic: He coined a term – placeshifting – to describe what exactly it was his company’s flagship ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Sling Media is developing a version of its SlingPlayer application, which allows users to access TV content from their mobile phones, for the Palm Pre that would work on both on Wi-Fi and 3G. But Sling’s hopes for 3G support could be dashed by the Pre’s […] Read more »

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After we wrote on Thursday that AT&T had altered its terms of service to limit mobile video, the company changed its mind. AT&T let us know last night that it had reverted the TOS change. The language added on March 30 to AT&T’s wireless data service […] Read more »

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RIM desperately wants its BlackBerry devices to become more than just email. It wants them to become multimedia hubs, thanks to a bit of iPhone envy. And video is getting some serious attention. Yesterday, Liz had the scoop about their new TV show streaming service. And […] Read more »

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These days, we want to carry the contents of our homes with us wherever we go. Books, music, videos…they all represent the proverbial hearth. Of course, thanks to the availability of cheap wireless connections, we are getting rid of another fixture in our homes: the landline phone. Every quarter, there are roughly 3 million fewer landline phones. Now, a few changes of clothes and a computer, and suddenly home is not where the heart is, but where there’s a connection. Read more »

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Monsoon Multimedia may be a lesser-known competitor to Sling Media, but the company continues to roll out products that are not only similar to, but in some cases even a little bit better than those offered by its rival. The recently announced SociableTV service, which will […] Read more »

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[qi:_newteevee] Sling Media co-founders Blake and Jason Krikorian, along with Sling Media Entertainment Group President Jason Hirschhorn and Chief Creative Officer Ben White, are all leaving the company that was acquired by Echostar for $380 million more than a year ago. The news was first reported […] Read more »

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The folks at Sling have done it again: dreamed up another cool product and told us about it before it’s available. Now it’s bringing its streaming, place-shifted video to the iPhone — and also HD video to Macs, as they demonstrated at Macworld in San Francisco […] Read more »

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Since its first launch in early 1996 I have been a follower of SlingMedia’s SlingBox hardware and companion SlingPlayer software. At that time it allowed me to take advantage of Canadian networks’ extensive coverage of the Turin Winter Olympics while working on a project in southern […] Read more »

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I’ve come to terms with the fact that there is no such thing as the perfect set-top box. But I’m happy to report that Sling Media‘s SlingCatcher comes closer than most. The $300 SlingCatcher connects to your TV and plays back video files from various sources, […] Read more »

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If you own a Slingbox, you’re going to love Sling.com. Sling Media’s site — now in private beta, but launching to the public on Nov. 24 — offers a new, web-based way to watch the content from your Slingbox-connected TV. But Sling.com does more than that: […] Read more »

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At NewTeeVee Live, Om Malik, founder of GigaOM, and Blake Krikorian, creator of Sling Media, talked about the future of the living room. Om kicks it off with a question about where we are now with online video in the living room. Blake: This is a […] Read more »

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SlingCatcher Officially Launches; functionality includes controlling video from local or remote SlingBox without a computer, moving audio and video from a PC to the TV and the soon-to-come Sling.com. (Zatz Not Funny) Hawaii Considers Pushing Up DTV Transition Date; nesting habitat of the dark-rumped petrel bird […] Read more »

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EchoStar is spinning off its set-top box (including Sling Media) and fixed satellite businesses. The move could mean one of two things: DISH is ready to sell itself to Ma Bell, or it wants to compete aggressively in the 700 MHz auctions and build itself into a broadband-enabled satellite TV company. Read more »