Category Archives: Sling Media

Sling Media Launches Embedded SlingPlayer

Posted on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 by MegaZone

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, they’ve now launched an actual Embedded SlingPlayer, which you … Continue reading →

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Western Digital And Sling Media Present At Streaming Media West

Posted on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 by MegaZone

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 presentation was made by Western Digital’s Business Development … Continue reading →

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Verizon Wireless Quietly Renting Slingboxes

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

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 would be able to rent a … Continue reading →

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Get to Know SlingPlayer for…

Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 by MegaZone

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. It would be nice … Continue reading →

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Dish Network Gets Hopped Up On MoCA

Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 by MegaZone

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 units cute names. The main DVR is … Continue reading →

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