You know a device is ground-breaking when it doesn't fit into any particular category. Slingbox might be called a personal video broadcast box. Or a cable TV-over-computer box. Or a junction box that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dish Network announced that it will permanently shut down all of Sling Media’s Slingbox services and end support for the devices ...

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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 ...

Slingbox, the ahead-of-its-time piece of hardware that enabled remote viewing of pay-TV signals, is headed for the scrapheap. The technology maker, acquired by Echostar and now owned by Dish Network, ...

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 ...

January 9, 2008 People who can’t bear to leave the lounge room because it means leaving their HD entertainment behind can now venture forth thanks to Sling Media, Inc., who have announced their next ...

Sling Media’s Slingbox, the innovative family of devices that let users stream their live cable or satellite TV service anywhere in the world with an internet connection, has been officially ...

Sling is replacing its Slingbox 350 with the new $150 M1, and upgrading the Slingbox 500 to the rebranded SlingTV. Sling Media is upgrading its Slingbox lineup with the launch of the Slingbox M1, the ...

(click thumbnail)Although marketed as a consumer product, Slingbox has gained some broadcast adherents.If Dan Slentz has his way, soon there will be several live weather-traffic cams situated ...

Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a leading member of CNET's Reviews team since 2000. He covers the gamut of gadgets and is a notable reviewer of mobile accessories and portable audio products, ...