Tag: SLINGMEDIA

Slingplayer Mobile for iPhone and iPod touch has reached version 2.0 today, and with it come a couple of features that had previously been seen only in the iPad app: high(er) quality video is in, as is a revamped program guide. Streaming requires an internet connection with a speed of at least 800 kbps over Wi-Fi or 500 kbps over 3G. To actually be able to watch anything in HQ, you have to have ...

If you have a SlingBox and a BlackBerry, get ready because on December 30th you'll be able to download SlingPlayer Mobile in a free public beta. The public beta supports BlackBerry Bold, Curve 8900, 8820, Curve 8320, Pearl Flip 8220 and Pearl 8120. Firmware must be version 4.5 or higher. Some EDGE-only models will also work but due to slow video streaming and other versions it is not officially ...

Slingbox from SlingMedia is one of my favorite things to use. Being rather addicted to watching the Food Network and TLC's What Not to Wear it's great to just grab my laptop and check out what's on wherever I am. My favorite time to use Slingbox? In the car on long road trips. Normally to watch your cable or satellite box you have to be there, in front of your TV. With a SlingBox you can shift ...

After spending several weeks in public beta, SlingPlayer for Mac OS X turns 1.0 today, with hundreds of bug fixes and a redesigned GUI based on user input.. SlingPlayer is Sling Media's software for watching video streamed over the internet from a Slingbox attached to your TV, DVD player, personal video recorder, AppleTV or other A/V devices. Probably the biggest updates from the beta version ...

CBS has announced a major new online video strategy called CBS Interactive Audience Network. For now, that means distribution deals with AOL, Microsoft, CNET, Comcast, Joost, Bebo, Brightcove, Netvibes, Sling Media, and Veoh. Curiously absent from the list is YouTube. All of the content, which will include full-length television episodes and video clips will be advertiser-supported. While most of ...

There's been a ton of news out of Sling Media during the first few days of CES. This morning, the company officially unveiled SlingPlayer Mobile for PalmOS. A public beta of the Palm client is due out by the end of January, with an official launch date scheduled for the first quarter of 2007. There's no word yet on pricing, but seeing as SlingPlayer Mobile for Windows Mobile has been available ...

SlingBox owners are usually pretty happy with the performance and options offered by the SlingBox. Now, at CES (where else) the makers of SlingBox are introducing a new device, called the SlingCatcher, which does basically the opposite of the SlingBox. SlingCatcher allows your PC (and more importantly its content) to interface with your TV. I am not sure I would want to see YouTube clips on a big, ...