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New Slingbox from EchoStar, Programming Moves for DISH
A number of key announcements came from the dual DISH Network/EchoStar camp Thursday.
For starters, Sling Media, a unit of EchoStar, unveiled its next generation Slingbox PRO-HD, available to consumers nationwide for $299.99.
The new Slingbox is capable of streaming HD content from any number of home television sources to a laptop or desktop computer in and around the house. Sources include over-the-air HD digital signals, digital cable channels, HDTV cable set-top boxes, HDTV satellite receivers or HD DVRs, the company said.
Additionally, for customers who have a high-speed broadband connection that features upload speeds of 1.5 Mpbs or higher, Slingbox PRO-HD can stream HD TV signals outside the home, EchoStar said.
On the DISH Network side, the DBS service said it reached an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to carry the studio's movies and other content on its video-on-demand platform, DISH On Demand. The deal also covers DISH pay-per-view services, and provides for carriage of both standard definition and high-def content, the company said.
Also, DISH highlighted its success with Olympics coverage presented by NBC this past summer.
DISH said the Olympics content was watched by more than 41 percent of its subscribers through its interactive TV services. DISH partnered with NBCU and iTV company Ensequence to develop and host a variety of NBC Olympics interactive programming and advertisements tied to coverage of the summer Games.
A number of key announcements came from the dual DISH Network/EchoStar camp Thursday.
For starters, Sling Media, a unit of EchoStar, unveiled its next generation Slingbox PRO-HD, available to consumers nationwide for $299.99.
The new Slingbox is capable of streaming HD content from any number of home television sources to a laptop or desktop computer in and around the house. Sources include over-the-air HD digital signals, digital cable channels, HDTV cable set-top boxes, HDTV satellite receivers or HD DVRs, the company said.
Additionally, for customers who have a high-speed broadband connection that features upload speeds of 1.5 Mpbs or higher, Slingbox PRO-HD can stream HD TV signals outside the home, EchoStar said.
On the DISH Network side, the DBS service said it reached an agreement with Sony Pictures Television to carry the studio's movies and other content on its video-on-demand platform, DISH On Demand. The deal also covers DISH pay-per-view services, and provides for carriage of both standard definition and high-def content, the company said.
Also, DISH highlighted its success with Olympics coverage presented by NBC this past summer.
DISH said the Olympics content was watched by more than 41 percent of its subscribers through its interactive TV services. DISH partnered with NBCU and iTV company Ensequence to develop and host a variety of NBC Olympics interactive programming and advertisements tied to coverage of the summer Games.