AirTV Unifies Sling TV, Netflix & OTA
After several years of development, it appears a redesigned AirTV Player is nearly here. Originally conceived as an over-the-air network tuner, like Tablo, to stream local antenna television into Sling...
View ArticleSlingbox Manufacturing Halted… In Favor Of Video Production Ecosystem
In a move that probably surprises to no one, I can confirm reports that Echostar subsidiary Sling Media halted Slingbox production last year. Sling Media, the video place-shifting pioneer, has stopped...
View ArticleAirTV To Repurpose Legacy Slingbox Hardware
By way of AFTVNews, we learn that DISH went back to the well. AirTV was originally conceptualized as a network tuner designed to stream local OTA into SlingTV apps, on various platforms, alongside the...
View ArticleSlingbox Lives On In AirTV 2
What’s old is new again and the Slingbox Tuner, circa 2006, lives on in the form of AirTV 2. The ownership timeline is somewhat convoluted at this point — Echostar buys my former employer Sling Media...
View ArticleDISH Network Has New Set-Tops In The Hopper
While legacy television services continue to contract, I remain a subscriber (for now) and keep on eye on Dish as one of the most technically progressive service providers (and having personally been...
View ArticleSeven More Days of Slingbox
Welp. It’s come to this. Slingbox servers will be shut down forever come November 9th. At which point all remaining devices will be bricked. * As part of the original Sling Media team, initially in an...
View ArticleSave Your Slingbox (if you act fast!)
As discussed earlier this week, DISH is officially shuttering Slingbox in a few days when they bring the servers down. However, given the number of inquiries received, I began investigating...
View ArticleDish Bricks Slingboxes (as promised)
After a brief moment of hope for Slingbox salvation, the DIY crowd is outraged as Dish has tampered with Slingbox firmware in such a way that stymies a community replacement server/software solution....
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