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SAI Reading Guide: Media Mogul Email
News Corp. COO Peter Chernin reads it. So does NBC boss Ben Silverman. And so do hundreds of other media and tech execs and insiders. It's Sling Media Entertainment boss Jason Hirschhorn's Media...
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More details on Sling's deal with NFL and DirectTV. First, a Sling source chides us for using the term "deal" -- "It is a collaborative relationship. Nothing signed," we're told. Noted. So here, via an...
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EchoStar (DISH) - Sling Media Pipe Problem - Where's The Bandwidth?
EchoStar's $380 million purchase of Sling Media -- whose Slingboxes let people watch their home TV service on any computer by streaming it over the Internet -- could help set it apart from TV services...
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Five iPhone Apps We Can't Wait To Install
Now that Apple is officially opening up the iPhone and iPod Touch to third-party developers, we thought we'd give software companies some projects to work on. Here are five iPhone apps we can't wait to...
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Slingbox HD: A New Way To Eat Up Your Cable Bandwidth Allotment
Need some help testing the limits on your cable Internet bandwidth allotment? Look no further than Slingbox's new $300 Pro-HD -- the company's first TV streaming/placeshifting gadget that supports...
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Netflix Hires Exec To Head Up Streaming Gadget Deals (NFLX)
Movie rental service Netflix (NFLX) has hired a new executive to bring its Internet streaming service to more living rooms.Netflix plans to announce Thursday that it's hired Gregory K. Peters as VP of...
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Hulu's Revenues And The Clone That Wants Them
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar told CNBC revenues have "vastly exceeded" his expectations. So here come the copycats, starting with Sling.com which will launch November 22, reports the San Francisco...
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Blockbuster's Web Movie Rental Box: Good Deal, Lots Of Competition (BBI)
Blockbuster (BBI) joins the on-demand movie rental/set-top box battle: Today it started offering a $99 box by 2Wire that hooks up to your TV and home Internet connection for Internet-based movie...
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Hulu Clone Sling.com Opens
Sling Media's Hulu clone Sling.com is finally open to the public. It's loaded with content from the networks, studios Warner, Sony, and MGM, as well as original content from sites such as College...
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Presenting 10 Very Special Holiday Clips
After scarfing more than your share of tryptophan-laced turkey this Thanksgiving, you'll probably find yourself collapsed onto a couch. If you can't bring yourself to watch the NFL's Detroit Lions lose...
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Sling Puts Live TV On The iPhone (SATS)
Sling Media (SATS) will today at Macworld demonstrate an application called SlingPlayer Mobile that lets users to watch whatever is on their home TV from their Apple (AAPL) iPhones.The company plans...
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Sling Media Founders, Execs Bail (SATS)
Big shakeup at Slingbox maker Sling Media, now a division of EchoStar (SATS): Founders Blake and Jason Krikorian are leaving the company, as are entertainment execs Jason Hirschhorn and Ben White, and...
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Sling.com Gets One Leg Up On Hulu -- For Now
EchoStar/Sling Media's Sling.com video site gets a boost: Its viewers will soon be able to watch Viacom (VIAB) shows like MTV's "The Hills"via a new deal.That means -- for now, at least -- you'll be...
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Will iPhone 3.0 Update 'Uncripple' iPhone Video Apps? (AAPL)
Will Apple's (AAPL) next iPhone software update -- the 3.0 software due this summer -- give iPhone developers a chance to make better mobile video apps?So far, they've been a mixed bag. For instance,...
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Sling Founder Blake Krikorian Investing In Web Video Guide 'Clicker'
Sling Media founder Blake Krikorian is investing in Clicker, a neat Web video guide started by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone. Krikorian will also join the company's board.Clicker hopes to be the 21st...
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Slingbox, Which Still Exists, Will Launch New Products At CES
Echostar-owned Slingbox will rollout some new gadgets at CES this year, according to an event invite sent to Dave Zatz.It reads:You’ll experience an up close view of Sling’s new placeshifting products...
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That Time Jason Hirschhorn Bought 800 Sling Boxes For All His Friends In...
Before Jason Hirschhorn joined MySpace he was a president at Sling Media, the maker of a stream-your-TV-to-your-computer set-top box that found its way to a nice exit selling to EchoStar for $380...
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Here's The Encryption System You Should Use To Keep Hackers Out Of Your...
By Ondrej KrehelThere’s a host of articles online about how and why to secure your smartphone. And for good reason: The risks have never been higher.Potential threats range from simply losing a device...
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SAI Reading Guide: Media Mogul Email
News Corp. COO Peter Chernin reads it. So does NBC boss Ben Silverman. And so do hundreds of other media and tech execs and insiders. It's Sling Media Entertainment boss Jason Hirschhorn's Media...
View ArticleNFL, DirectTV, and Sling Media Will Stream Games
More details on Sling's deal with NFL and DirectTV. First, a Sling source chides us for using the term "deal" -- "It is a collaborative relationship. Nothing signed," we're told. Noted. So here, via an...
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