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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Sling Media News RSS Feed</title><link>http://www.slingmedia.com</link><description>The latest notable articles from the press discussing Sling Media</description><item><title>WB TV OKs Digital Deals, Sets Shows In 'Premium Environment'</title><link>http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&amp;art_aid=84566</link><description>Looking to broaden its once-traditional TV brands--now digital brands--Warner Bros. Television Group has signed five digital distribution deals for WB.com and KidsWB.com. The digital sites--Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh--will launch separate channels for TheWB.com and KidsWB.com. Those new advertiser-supported broadband sites were announced in April. Time Warner-owned AOL is also a digital distributor of the two Warner Bros. Internet brands. </description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warner Bros. Television Group Announces Distribution Agreements With Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo And Veoh Networks To Launch New Branded Channels</title><link>http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/corpcomm/portal/press_release.jsp?id=DailymotionJoostSlingMediaTiVoVoehDistributionAgreements</link><description>The Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) has signed distribution agreements with a select group of preferred partners to launch a number of advertiser-supported branded channels in premium environments that will further WBTVG’s strategic expansion into the digital marketplace. WBTVG will work closely with Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks to launch channels that will include TheWB.com and KidsWB.com – the two new advertiser-supported broadband destinations WBTVG unveiled in late April at a press conference in New York City. The announcement was made today by Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Bros. Television Group.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>TheWB.com, KidsWB.com Announce Distributors</title><link>http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6569813.html</link><description>Warner Bros.’ new broadband networks, TheWB.com and KidsWB.com, will be distributed by partners Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks when they launch in mid-September, Warner Bros. Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warner Bros. TV Group in new partnerships</title><link>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i367a96a3b90025326bd5beb2bcf611f0</link><description>Warner Bros. Television Group said Thursday that its content will be distributed through branded channels on Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Warner Bros. Inks Distribution Deals With Joost, Veoh, Everyone But Hulu</title><link>http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/6/warner_bros_inks_distribution_deals_with_joost_veoh_just_about_eveyone_else</link><description>Warner Bros. Television Group (TWX) signed distribution agreements for the broadband version of its reinvented WB Network, as well as KidsWB.com, with Joost, Dailymotion, Sling Media, TiVo and Veoh Networks, which will carry the ad-supported broadband "channels," when they launch in September.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sling announces proof-of-concept SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone</title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/08/sling-announces-proof-of-concept-slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone/</link><description>We had a feeling it was coming any day now, but now we have confirmation that Sling won't be leaving iPhone and iPod touch users in the lurch when it comes to streaming TV to their devices.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sneak preview: SlingPlayer for iPhone</title><link>http://www.macworld.com/article/133828/2008/06/sling_iphone.html</link><description>Sling Media, makers of the Slingbox place-shifting TV device, announced Sunday that it’s building a version of its SlingPlayer software for the iPhone and iPod touch. Last week Macworld was among the first to get a private preview of the software.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sling On iPhone: Video Hands On</title><link>http://gizmodo.com/395415/sling-on-iphone-video-hands-on</link><description>After much speculation, Sling stopped by to show us they have indeed been working on a native app for the iPhone, and gave us a quick hands-on with the proof-of-concept. The demo, which also runs on the iPod touch, offers the ability to connect to your Slingbox and control it using the iPhone's touchscreen.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Technology Demo: iPhone SlingPlayer</title><link>http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2008-06/technology-demo-iphone-slingplayer/</link><description>What we’ve got here is a technology demo and a stake in the ground: SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone. As it is, the current application is an amazing technological achievement (given Slingbox’s Windows Media Video broadcast) and the team has done a great job with the initial UI.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sling preps mobile TV viewer for iPhone</title><link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/06/09/sling.mobile.for.iphone/</link><description>Sling Media today made official that it has been developing a version of its SlingPlayer Mobile software for the Apple iPhone. The software is described as a "proof of concept" developed using jailbroken iPhones but offers much of the same functionality as the released applications for Symbian S60, Windows Mobile, and other cellphone platforms. Users can navigate a Slingbox network streaming hub connected to a home TV feed and choose channels through a visual guide as well as stop or skip through playback.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>SlingPlayer wants to come to the 3G iPhone</title><link>http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9962475-1.html</link><description>Sling showed us a brief demonstration of what the company's mobile application, SlingPlayer, looks like on a jailbroken first-generation iPhone. It's merely a proof of concept, the company says, to demonstrate how superduperexcited it is to get started on an actual product.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>SlingPlayer Mobile on the iPhone will be demoed at Apple’s WWDC this week</title><link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1170</link><description>One of the applications I always knew would be a wonderful addition to the iPhone with its large beautiful display is SlingPlayer Mobile and tonight I received an email from their new Beta Manager that a proof of concept version will be shown at the WWDC this week.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sling Media announces iPhone client on the way</title><link>http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/08/sling-media-announces-iphone-client-on-the-way</link><description>All the WWDC rumors may be focusing on the new iPhone hardware we may see tomorrow. If you ask me, though, the far more compelling (expected) release is the iPhone 2.0 firmware and iPhone App Store. I'm more jazzed about iPhone software than new hardware, and tonight's announcement from Sling Media is a great example of why.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sling unveils concept SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone</title><link>http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/06/08/sling_unveils_concept_slingplayer_mobile_for_iphone.html</link><description>Much like versions for Windows Mobile and other smartphone operating systems, the software lets users pick from a channel guide when viewing TV and offers basic controls over live TV playback. The software requires a high-speed Internet connection currently supplied only through Wi-Fi.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Father's Day Gift Guide</title><link>http://www.slingmedia.com/get/io_1212687076097.html</link><description>How great would it be to be able to watch TV anywhere? With the Slingbox PRO, it's not just TV. </description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Russell Crowe speaks out</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,23640507-14823,00.html</link><description>I get to see every game these days by using a product called Slingbox, which is available here in America. Recently on a night shoot for the film State of Play, I got to watch most of a game because the local real estate agent in a suburb of Washington DC let me sit in his office in the early hours and plug in a computer.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Venturing to be No. 1 in hit products</title><link>http://www.startribune.com/business/18497489.html?page=1&amp;c=y</link><description>"Sling Media is a good example. ... We met them early enough," said Marti Nyman, Best Buy's point man with venture capitalists and director of its Global Innovation Network. Best Buy became aware of Sling Media Inc. through a venture-capital contact. Founded in 2004, the Foster City, Calif.-based start-up developed a device called the Slingbox that allows users to connect a PC, laptop, or smart phone into their home televisions. Said Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian: "They took a big gamble on us." And it appears to have paid off. "The product has sold incredibly well,'' Krikorian said. &#13;
</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Shifty Devices: Slingbox Solo</title><link>http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/audioaccessories/2816/shifty-devices-sling-media-slingbox-solo-page2.html</link><description>Sling Media leads the video place-shifter category in terms of installation ease and usability, and its new Slingbox Solo is no exception. The Solo's simple but elegant interface is a joy to work with.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Do you watch mobile TV on your cellphone?</title><link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=1016</link><description>This way I can watch any channel I desire, including my stored DVR content, when I want to without any additional subscription fee. There is an initial charge for the Slingbox and SlingPlayer for mobile devices, but after that it is all part of my data plan.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item><item><title>Kelly's husband loves his Mets</title><link>http://www.slingmedia.com/get/regis-and-kelly2.html</link><description>Kelly wants to watch American Idol and her husband wants his Mets.  </description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>