Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, says it is closing down today and all Slingbox devices and services will become inoperable in November 2022
Slingbox will no longer function as of November 9, 2022. Sling Media, a subsidiary of DISH, announced that they were closing shop on November 9, 2020.
SiriusXM will buy E.W. Scripps' podcast network and producer unit Stitcher for $325M; Scripps says Stitcher had $72.5M in 2019 revenue
spotify, apple, and iheart. We haven't heard their strategy yet. Sirius has 33.7 mill subscribers. what percentage already listen to podcasts? Dave Zatz / @davezatz : ~$300m used to be a lot of money....
Blake Krikorian, co-founder of Sling Media and former board member at Amazon, has died at 48
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Sling Media announces $199 Slingbox M2 set-top-box, makes mobile apps for it free, introduces pre-roll video ads
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Slingbox co-founder abruptly exits Amazon board as his new startup is sold
Updated at 2:56 p.m. with Amazon comment. — Technology entrepreneur Blake Krikorian, best known for co-founding Slingbox maker Sling Media, has left the Amazon board abruptly, after a little more th...
Sling Media Launches $29.99 SlingPlayer App For Android ‘Honeycomb’ Tablets
Sling Media, an EchoStar subsidiary, this morning announced the availability of SlingPlayer for tablets running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) or later. The app is available on Android Market now and costs ...
Sling: We didn't ‘work’ with AT&T for 3G streaming to iPhone (Updated)
AT&T made headlines Thursday by announcing that it had decided to allow SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone to stream video from a Slingbox over its 3G network. AT&T's CEO claimed in the announcement that ...
SlingMedia Founder Invests In Clicker, Joins BOD
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 startu...
Sling Opens Up Its Hulu Competitor To The Public
Sling Media, the company behind the popular Slingbox TV-streaming hardware devices, has opened the gates to its video portal Sling.com. The site pits Sling directly against Joost and Hulu (though Hul...
SlingMedia Prepares To Launch Their Video Portal At Sling.com
Sling Media, the creators of a hardware device that lets users stream their home television signal to an Internet connected device anywhere (with a software download), is preparing to launch their new...