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• Slingbox Pro with built in component jacks hits the FCC, Krikorian promises HD box for January

  Published: August 10, 2007, 5:29 pm

  Tags: Blake Krikorian, Blakekrikorian, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingbox Hd, Slingbox Pro, Slingboxhd, Slingboxpro, Slingmedia

  Home Entertainment The Sling Media family have been quite the busy bees of late. First, the TV-transporting company has just gotten approval on a brand new, unnamed variation of the Slingbox, which forgoes the external Slingbox HD Connect cable used with the Slingbox Pro (that gives you component ins / outs) and instead includes a single

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• FCC unveils new Slingbox Pro details

  Published: August 10, 2007, 11:41 am

  Tags: Fcc, Place Shifting, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingbox V, Slingbox Pro, Slingboxa V, Slingboxpro, Slingmedia

  another top secret product. Sling Media has received approval for an update to its Slingbox Pro place-shifting device. While the new model carries the Slingbox Pro name, it doesn't include an HDMI port, making it a cut below the existing version. But it does support S-video, coaxial, and RCA inputs and outputs as well as an ethernet jack. TG

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• Slingbox SOLO and Slingbox Catcher pass through FCC

  Published: September 5, 2007, 12:41 am

  Tags: Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingbox Catcher, Slingbox Solo, Slingboxcatcher, Slingboxsolo, Slingmedia

  the final version of the Slingbox Catcher (recently delayed) or the fresh new SOLO we're just now hearing about for the first time (thanks a LOT, FCC), but we can tell you they're both approved by the government for use in the US of A, and that usually means it won't be long until we'll see them on store shelves. Also, in case you didn't

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• Now's the time to get a Slingbox, folks with no cable

  Published: September 6, 2007, 9:43 am

  Tags: Cable, Clearance, Dvr, Office Depot, Officedepot, Remote Access, Sale, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingbox Tuner

  quick access to TV. Enter Slingbox, about which I have been hearing nothing but glowing reviews. It's been around for a while, sure, but I haven't had any need for it until now.For those of you who don't know what a Slingbox is, here's the short explanation: It's a box that you hook up to your home's cable and Internet. Once you grant that

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• EchoStar announces Sling Media acquisition -- Sling totally "psyched"

  Published: September 25, 2007, 3:02 am

  Tags: Acquisition, Disk Network, Disknetwork, Echostar, Merger, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingmedia, Slingplayer

  people responsible for the Slingbox and SlingPlayer software. The acquisition, expected to be approved before the year is up, gives EchoStar access to more displays and more locations thanks to Sling's streaming solutions in and outside of the home. And Blake Krikorian, co-founder, chairman and boss of Sling Media, reaction to the prospects of

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• Sling Media: Sling Media to be Acquired by EchoStar for $380 Million

  Published: September 25, 2007, 3:04 am

  Tags: Dish, Echostar, Home Entertainment, Sale, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingplayer

  an early investor in Sling Media, EchoStar has been pleased with the progress and commitment the company has made establishing Sling Media and the Slingbox as powerful and beloved digital media brands," said Charlie Ergen, CEO and co-founder of EchoStar. "With today's increasingly mobile lifestyle, EchoStar's acquisition of Sling Media

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• Analysis: EchoStar buys Sling Media -- and a shot at the future

  Published: September 25, 2007, 9:43 am

  Tags: Acquisitions, Analysis, Blake Krikorian, Echostar, Gizmodo, Sling Media, Top

  may have a larger plan for Sling's Net-connected set-top boxes. "This is just the beginning," says Sling founder Blake Krikorian in an interview with PaidContent. He's not kidding. The rich EchoStar buy, I believe, is a move by Ergen to prepare his company for life after satellite TV. Sling Media's main product, the Slingbox, differs in a key

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• Sling Media Sells Out to EchoStar

  Published: September 26, 2007, 11:02 am

  Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Akimbo, Echostar, Sling Media, Tivo

  in the startup, did not buy Sling Media for its puny number of existing customers. It bought Sling Media for its place-shifting technology, which allows people to watch whatever is on their TV from a remote location on their laptop. EchoStar can now integrate that technology into its set-top boxes and has a better chance than Sling Media did

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• Hands-on with Sling Media's Slingbox SOLO

  Published: September 26, 2007, 10:01 pm

  Tags: Hands On, Pictures, Sling, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingbox Solo, Slingboxsolo, Slingmedia, Stream, Streaming Media, Streamingmedia

  a closer look at the newest Slingbox. The unit boasted a small frame and plenty of ports, but it still rocked that tried and true Slingbox look throughout. Go on, check the gallery below to get up close and personal with the SOLO.Gallery: Hands-on with Sling's Slingbox SOLO Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox

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• Slingbox SOLO gets official, includes built-in component jacks

  Published: September 26, 2007, 10:00 pm

  Tags: Official, Sling, Sling Media, Slingbox Solo, Slingboxsolo, Slingmedia

  this month, Sling Media's Slingbox SOLO surfaced courtesy of the FCC, and now the firm's first box to be released with built-in component jacks is finally official. Granted, we already know that the revamped Slingbox Pro is set to include these coveted ports as well, but this bad boy should be the first of the two to hit store

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• Review: Slingbox Solo Hands On: Slinging a Single HD Source Wherever You Are

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:00 pm

  Tags: Digitallife07, Feature, Hands On, Home Entertainment, Review, Sling, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingbox Solo, Top

  Media rolled out Slingbox Solo, a set-top box that lets you watch a home-bound HD source from anywhere in the world on a PC, Mac, Palm OS or Symbian mobile device. It's called "Solo" because it controls just one set-top box, instead of the four of its more-expensive Slingbox Pro brandmate. The idea of a cheaper, single-source

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• Cellphones: Sling Player Now Available on Nokia N95

  Published: September 26, 2007, 8:22 pm

  Tags: Cellphones, Digitallife07, N95, Nokia, Nokia N95, Sling, Sling Box, Sling Media, Slingbox

  itself a Series60 friendly Sling Player, and lo, here it is. As you can see in the gallery, you initially access commands through menus, but the trick is to set your favorite commands along with your favorite channels. In case you were wondering, you can't use the transport keys for the N95 video player. One of these days, that would be nice.

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• Location Shifting: Sling Media Preparing SlingPlayer for Blackberry OS

  Published: September 27, 2007, 1:00 pm

  Tags: Blackberry, Location Shifting, Sling, Sling Media, Slingplayer Mobile

  Media spreads location-shifting love far and wide, and now we're hearing that the company is further sowing the seeds of TV everywhere by preparing SlingPlayer Mobile for the Blackberry. On the heels of the company's announcement that it will be supporting Symbian S60 software, and after supporting Windows Mobile for over a year now, this

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• SlingPlayer Mobile coming to BlackBerry

  Published: September 27, 2007, 12:51 pm

  Tags: Blackberry, Placeshifting, Rim, Sling Media, Slingbox, Slingmedia, Slingplayer Mobile, Slingplayermobile

  already overwhelmed with Sling news lately -- what with the EchoStar acquisition, Slingbox SOLO launch, and SlingPlayer Mobile for Symbian moving out of beta -- we've just gotten word that the company is working with RIM to develop a BlackBerry-compatible version of its client. Pocket-lint reportedly got the scoop straight from the horse's

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• Sling's CEO on being acquired by EchoStar: "We are going to rock"

  Published: September 27, 2007, 10:08 am

  Tags: Blake Krikorian, Blakekrikorian, Dish Network, Dishnetwork, Echostar, Sling, Sling Media, Slingmedia

  acquisition is public, Sling Media's CEO, Blake Krikorian sat down with SlingCommunity's Matt Whitlock and talked about how the deal is going to affect the place-shifting upstart. In his usual candid way, Krikorian said Sling is going to stay independent, and while the company is obviously going to try and leverage Dish Network's huge

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