Digital TV News: Sling Media

On-Demand Video Entertainment Experience, Sling.com launches
Dec 2, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced the launch of Sling.com, an online video entertainment destination. Users can go to Sling.com to watch a huge selection of clips, TV shows, films, news and sports in high quality, for free, anytime they want.
News categories: Sling Media, Sling.com, Digital TV, Media Player, Placeshifting, Streaming, USA

SlingCatcher on Store Shelves Beginning Today
Oct 9, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ: SATS) has announced that its SlingCatcher is now available for purchase in the US, Canada and UK. The SlingCatcher is a universal media player that delivers broadcast TV, Internet video and personal content to the TV.
News categories: Sling Media, Canada, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Streaming, UK, USA

Sling Media Begins Shipping Slingbox PRO-HD
Sep 25, 2008 – Sling Media (NASDAQ:SATS) has announced its Slingbox™ PRO-HD in the USA and Canada. The Slingbox PRO-HD is capable of streaming HD content from a home television source to a laptop or desktop computer in and around the house.
News categories: Sling Media, Canada, Digital TV, Placeshifting, Smart Home, USA

EchoStar Europe goes 'beyond the box' with unique 'however, wherever and whenever' set-top box innovations at IBC2008
Sep 12, 2008 – EchoStar Europe (NASDAQ: SATS) plans to launch a range of device functionalities at IBC2008 including 'Set-top Box Health' diagnostics, an 'Advertising Behavioural Measurement' system and exclusive Sling Media™ place-shifting and home-networking.
News categories: EchoStar, Digital TV, DVR, IBC2023, Placeshifting, Set Top Box, Smart Home

EchoStar™ Signs tru2way™ Host Device License Agreement with CableLabs®
Aug 11, 2008 – EchoStar Technologies (NASDAQ:SATS) signals its intent to build set-top boxes for the cable industry with its recent signing of the tru2way™ Host Device License Agreement with CableLabs®.
News categories: EchoStar, CableLabs, tru2way, Cable TV, Content Protection, Digital TV, Middleware, Set Top Box, USA

Winbox Technologies AG closing equity financing with leading German Venture Capital company TVM Capital
Jun 11, 2008 – Winbox Technologies has announced the closure of the first institutional equity financing round with lead-investor TVM Capital and angel-entrepreneur Robert Schneider, founder and longstanding CEO of publicly listed SCM Microsystems.
News categories: Winbox, TVM Capital, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Software, Venture Capital

EchoStar Develops Products and Services for Cable Industry
May 14, 2008 – EchoStar Technologies (NASDAQ:SATS) has announced its entry into the cable industry with the introduction of CableLabs Certified® DOCSIS® 2.0 SlingModem at CableNET® in New Orleans.
News categories: EchoStar, Sling Media, Cable Modem, Cable TV, Digital TV, DOCSIS, Placeshifting, Streaming, USA

Sling Media Announces SlingPlayer Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS
Mar 27, 2008 – Sling Media has announced SlingPlayer™ Mobile for UIQ on Symbian OS™, bringing the best mobile TV experience to this popular smartphone platform.
News categories: Sling Media, UIQ, Symbian, Digital TV, Middleware, Mobile, Placeshifting

Consumer Electronics Leaders Showcase MIPS-Based™ Products at CES 2008
Jan 17, 2008 – MIPS Technologies (NasdaqGS: MIPS) has announced that a broad array of the world's leading consumer electronics companies debuted and demonstrated design innovations based on the industry-leading MIPS® architecture at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
News categories: MIPS Technologies, CES2024, DVR, Semiconductor, Set Top Box, Silicon IP, Smart Home, Smart TV, Tablet