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SlingPlayer for Android Tablets Available
The release of SlingPlayer for Facebook reminded me that I never shared this news. I meant to post this a month ago when the press release came out, but got busy and didn’t get back to it. Sorry about...
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SlingPlayer for Connected Devices Launches, Hits Boxee First
Sling Media seems to have woken up from their nap recently as they’ve started releasing new and updated products. Recently we’ve have SlingPlayer for Android Tablets, SlingPlayer for Facebook, and...
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Assorted Holiday Deals
A number of the site’s affiliates are running specials for holiday shoppers. Here’s a selection – and remember you can always support the site by using the links under the ‘Shop Gizmo Lovers’ entry in...
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Slingbox SOLO Only $99.99 At Amazon
The Slingbox SOLO, normally $179.99, is currently priced at only $99.99 at Amazon. This is one of the two models, the other being the Slingbox PRO-HD, which works with all of the recent clients –...
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SlingPlayer for Google TV Now Available
During the lead up to the holidays Sling slipped out something we’ve been waiting for, SlingPlayer for Google TV. OK, they actually call it SlingPlayer for Logitech Revue for some reason, but it runs...
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Broadcom And ViXS Get Their Chips In A Sling… Er, I Mean, A Sling In Their Chips
I was a little disappointed by the news out of CES last week. While there were certainly a lot of cool devices, like 4K Passive 3D TVs, razor thin OLED HDTVs with actual large screens, etc., a lot of...
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Jason Wong, TiVo Director Product Marketing, Talks About The Future
Last September at the IBC show in Amsterdam, Netherlands TiVo’s Director of Product Marketing, Jason Wong, sat down for an interview, the video of which has just been posted. He had a few interesting...
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Dish Network Gets Hopped Up On MoCA
One of the recent bits of news out of CES was DISH Networks introduction of their whole-home DVR. Rather than model number like DirecTV’s oh-so-catchy HR34, they’ve reached down under to give their...
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Get to Know SlingPlayer for…
Sling Media today released a slew of videos in a “Get to Know SlingPlayer for [insert platform here]” series. The current generation of clients are very nice, so it is good to see them promoting them....
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Verizon Wireless Quietly Renting Slingboxes
Over a year ago Sling Media announced a deal with Verizon Wireless to rent a Slingbox to Verizon Wireless customers for uses with their mobile devices. Instead of buying a Slingbox at retail users...
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TiVo To Ship Place Shifting Transcoder Box This Year
I’ve actually been working on a post about this for a little while, and on today’s financial conference call President and CEO Tom Rogers provided the final piece. Last month at CES 2012 TiVo was...
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Monsoon Multimedia Lands Their Tech In Chips
This is something I noticed last month, but I never got around to posting about it in the lead up to my wedding, but I’m getting caught up on the backlog. Back in January I posted about the news from...
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Western Digital And Sling Media Present At Streaming Media West
The last Streaming Media West was held on November 8-9, 2011, and today StreamingMedia.com posted a video of the presentation given by Western Digital and Sling Media on their respective products. The...
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Sling Media Launches Embedded SlingPlayer
Remember last November when Sling Media launched SlingPlayer for Facebook and I tried to see if the player was embed-able in other sites, with disastrous results? No? Well, that happened.Anyway,...
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DISH Network’s Hopper Whole-Home DVR Now Available
DISH Network’s recently announced Hopper whole-home DVR, and the Joey companion units, are now available to customers. The Hopper is a unique design with three tuners, but with a trick up its sleeve...
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DISH Network TV Anywhere
As part of their new YouTube channel I mentioned in my last post, DISH Network has also published several videos highlighting their ‘TV Anywhere’ feature. TV Anywhere brings Sling Media’s technology...
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Slingbox Wants To Be Your ‘Little Buddy’
I really don’t have anything to add to this, this video just popped up on Sling’s YouTube channel today. It is a clever little spot, perhaps destined for TV? I think it is simple, but clear. Decent...
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The Secret Origin Of The Slingbox – Revealed!
I’m not sure where they dredged this up from, but AgencySpy posted this video that purports to tell the tale of the secret origin of the Slingbox. It was clearly made a while ago as Blake Krikorian...
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SlingPlayer For Connected Devices Coming to WD TV Live
Well, I guess I have to eat my words. Last November when SlingPlayer for Connected Devices was first released for Boxee, I posted the following:As for other streaming boxes – Popbox, Western Digital,...
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Where Does Sling Media Get Their Designs?
Dave Zatz of Zatz Not Funny recently called my attention to the site of New Deal Design. Specifically because we’re both ex-Sling employees, and it turns one one of New Deal Design’s clients is Sling...
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Woot! – Slingbox PRO-HD Just $169.99!
Today’s Woot! deal is a refurbished Slingbox PRO-HD for only $169.99 + $5 S&H. This is the top-of-the-line Slingbox, capable of handling 1080i component video and streaming full HD to clients...
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TiVo Stream and IP STB Coming To MSOs and Retail This Year
Back in February I posted about TiVo’s planned transcoding box and IP STB thin-client, without too many details. Well, The Cable Show is in Boston this week and I’m attending, and today I met with...
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More Information On The TiVo Stream And IP STB
Since I made my post about the forthcoming TiVo Stream and IP STB last night I’ve been getting a lot of questions, and there were a few things I wondered about myself after I had some time to digest...
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Understanding the Bandwidth Needs of SlingPlayer
Sling Media’s SlingSupport channel released this video which helps explain the bandwidth requirements for SlingPlayer for streaming content. While tech geeks likely already understand everything in...
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JVC Plans 55-Inch LCD HDTV With Embedded SlingPlayer
Consumer Electronics Daily reports that JVC is planning to release a new Internet connected 55-Inch LCD HDTV with SlingPlayer built in this fall, according to comments made by JVC parent Amtran Video...
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