Topic - sling media

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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

DISH Network Unwraps Slingbox DVR

The combination of time-shifting, HDTV, and place-shifting in the same box give DISH, EchoStar, and Sling Media a leg up in the race to control TV on-the-go.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet

Forgot to Program TiVo? Phone Home!

TiVo inches closer to a collision course with cable operators and Sling Media. TiVo's path? Today mobile DVR control, tomorrow mobile TV.
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General news, Media, Communications

TiVo, RIM Extend TV Remote to BlackBerry

TiVo jumps ahead of cable operators by pushing TV remote to the phone, and says there is much more to come from its RIM deal.
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General news, Media, Finance

Sling Media, EchoStar Tie Knot

$380M acquisition feeds Charlie Ergen’s media-to-go strategy and company split; exits for Mobius, Hearst, DCM, and others.
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Communications, Finance

Building B Grabs $17.5M

Startup gets funding for all-in-one wireless box that beams Internet video, broadcast television, and on-demand video straight to the living room without a computer.
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Media

Sling Media Debuts SlingCatcher

Slingbox maker will market a device that will be the opposite of its flagship product.
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Media

Hava Faces off with Slingbox

Like Sling Media and Sony, Monsoon Multimedia provides streaming video from TV to PC and mobile phones.
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Computers, Internet

Sling Media Snags Ex-MTV Execs

Startup hires two former MTV execs and opens a creative east coast unit.
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Communications

3 Tears Down Walled Garden

In a bold move, carrier offers free calls and IM on mobile phones.
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Media

Speedy Slingboxes Debut

Sling Media’s remote TV viewing devices boost performance fourfold and support HD.
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Media, Communications, Internet

AT&T Web TV Delivered

Phone company will test willingness of consumers to pay for TV content on web.
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Media, Internet

Sling Media TV Takes Flight

Slingbox maker adds mobile devices to the growing reach of the home TV.
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Media, Communications

Cable TV Model Broken

The cable industry will have to accept à la carte and much more as consumers switch to ubiquitous TV.
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Communications

Cingular Calls Windows Mobile

U.S. carrier releases its first house-brand smartphone and dials Microsoft’s mobile OS.
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Computers, Media

Slingbox Programs Mac Link

Sling Media adds the Mac to its rapidly growing list of extensions to the home TV.
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Computers, Media, Communications

Slingbox Plots a Revolution

Mobile TV upstart Sling Media could erase the stars from the eyes of mobile carriers and content providers.
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Computers, Media

Sling Extends TV Control

The maker of the popular Slingbox debuts client software that controls TVs or DVRs via cell phone or PDA.
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Media

Content on Demand

Record labels and movie studios are starting to give customers what they want: real-time access to entertainment.
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Media, Communications, Finance

10 Digital Tech Startups

These companies want to infiltrate and enable your digital living room.