5 posts and columns on Sling.com

Another Video Site We Don’t Need: AT&T Entertainment

in Media on September 3, 2009 at 10:54 am PT

There is no shortage of places to watch TV shows free on the Web. There’s a glut of them, really. But here comes another: AT&T Entertainment. How is it different than Hulu, TV.com, Sling.com, Fancast, etc.? It’s not.
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Hulu: Bigger, Friendlier. Still Missing Two Networks.

in Media on March 12, 2009 at 8:31 am PT

Lots of news emanating from Hulu today–but nothing ground-moving. That could still come in the near future: I keep hearing that the joint venture between NBC and Fox is getting close to a deal to bring ABC into the fold. But no confirmation yet. In the meantime, Hulu wants you to know that it’s the biggest video site that isn’t YouTube, and that it now boasts some social-network-like features.
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Why Did Hulu Disappear From CBS’s TV.com? Because It Can.

in Media on February 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm PT

Why have Hulu’s videos disappeared from TV.com, the Hulu-like video site CBS recently relaunched? Perhaps because Hulu isn’t pumped up about supplying its content to a competitor–especially one that won’t supply its content to Hulu.
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Coming to Sling.com: Viacom Shows That YouTube, Hulu Can’t Show You

in Media on January 22, 2009 at 8:20 am PT

Sling.com will soon get Viacom shows like “SpongeBob Squarepants,” which you can see on Joost but not on Hulu or YouTube. Confused? Of course you are. And Hollywood wonders why pirate sites are popular.

Slingbox, Sling.com Team Leaving Echostar

in Media on January 12, 2009 at 1:03 pm PT

The top executives at Sling Media, the people who brought you the Slingbox “place-shifting” TV gadget and Hulu competitor Sling.com, are leaving Echostar, more than a year after they sold their start-up to the satellite TV company for $380 million cash. Brothers Blake and Jason Krikorian, CEO and SVP-business development, are out, effective immediately. Jason Hirschhorn, who runs the company’s Sling Media Entertainment unit, plans on staying through the end of February; Ben White, chief creative officer at the entertainment group, will stay on through Feb. 1.