The latter company's Slingbox series of products have become the industry leader, popular enough for the start-up to be purchased by Dish Network parent EchoStar for a cool $380 m ...

Slingbox, once a revolutionary device that allowed users to stream their home TV content anywhere in the world, ceased operations after nearly two decades of service. The company announced the ...

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Goodbye old friend: The grandfather to modern television streaming, Slingbox, is about to go off life support. On Wednesday, November 9, the cloud-based content provider will end server support, ...

Slingbox, the device and service that was into streaming digital television long before the world was ready for it, will die a cloud-based server death Wednesday, November 9. The service was nearly 17 ...

Any Slingboxes still out there are about to get bricked. Dish Network this week emailed reminders to users of Sling Media’s Slingbox — the once-controversial devices that “place-shift” pay-TV services ...

Slingbox is shutting down their servers in Nov. The Tivo app due to every program having a copyright flag will not allow streaming of most recorded cable channels away from the home. Have a Netgear ...

Sling Media targets more than high-end tech wizards with three variations on its placeshifting technology. Photo: Three new Slingboxes Video: Slingbox's second generation Erica Ogg is a CNET News ...

A few weeks back, word came out that Dish Network, who acquired Sling Media, the company behind the Slingbox, was going to discontinue this product. Slingbox was the great technology created to watch ...