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September Slinging

After working 13 days on the road, followed by 48 hours of R&R (Halo 3-style), I’m ready to get back to some blogging. It’s obviously been a very exciting couple weeks at Sling Media (my place of employment), so here’s a quick roundup of September news in chronological order: Sling Collaborates with DirecTV on NFL … Read more

EchoStar Announces Agreement to Acquire Sling Media, Inc.

Combination Will Create Industry-Leading Digital Media Solutions Provider

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. and FOSTER CITY, Calif., September 24, 2007 – EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Sling Media, Inc., a privately-held digital lifestyle products company. EchoStar, through its DISH Network®, is the third largest pay-TV provider in the United States. The transaction values Sling Media at approximately $380 million and is payable in cash and EchoStar options. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007.

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Sling and DirecTV Stream the NFL with Supercast

There’s news out of Sling Media today, and since I don’t work for the company (unlike Dave), I feel perfectly justified in covering it. :) Sling is collaborating with DirecTV on a new offering called Supercast, which brings online streams of NFL games to the Web every Sunday. Subscribers to the DirecTV/NFL SuperFan package can … Read more

Content with Leverage

In a world where content is king, probably nothing matches the audience appeal and leverage power of sports programming. Most people want to watch sports live (a boon to advertisers) and there are rabid fans at all levels, from high school athletics to professional-league games. Witness the recent hullabaloo over the Big Ten Network (BTN). … Read more

Sling Media on The GigaOm Show

In case you hadn’t heard, friend of the site Om Malik recently launched a weekly video show. And one of his very first guests is Sling Media co-founder and CEO Blake Krikorian. Now I’m not going to steal the big boss’s thunder (I work for Sling Media), but Blake’s always entertaining and forthcoming — this … Read more

Media Extenders in 20% of Broadband Homes?

Emerging Media Dynamics has a report out claiming that 20% of broadband homes (roughly 12 million households) will have media extenders by the end of this year. Anybody else astounded by that number? The report is including in this category devices like Apple TV, the Xbox 360 and Sling’s SlingCatcher. All of these products are … Read more

Boys of Summer Slingbox Giveaway

Tony La Russa fan? Still don’t own a Slingbox? Want a second? No worries. Just fire up your digital camera or webcam and shoot a Slingbox-related video. If you’re lacking creativity and in need of guidance, we have some suggestions: Create an advertisement for Slingbox that illustrates why Slingbox is a great way to watch … Read more

Update on the Holiday Season

Consider this an ongoing thread. First, I was right in my snide comment about Wii availability. Second, I was wrong, or rather JP Morgan was wrong about an iPhone Nano. Third, there are already many things to add to the list including Slingcatcher (thanks, Dave), ultra-portable Mac (wishful thinking?) and TiVo Series 3 Lite. Let’s … Read more