Sling Media

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Sling Media, Inc. operates as a digital lifestyle products company. Its product family includes Slingbox that allows consumers to watch and control their living room television shows at any time, from any location, using laptops, desktop PCs, Macs, PDAs, and smartphones. The company’s products include Slingbox TUNER, which enables consumers to watch basic cable programming on any PC or mobile device; Slingbox AV, which enables clients to watch digital cable, satellite, or DVR programming on any PC or mobile device; Slingbox PRO, enables consumers to watch home theatre configuration on any PC or mobile device; and SlingPlayer, which is the interface that appears on the screen of user's computer or mobile device. It also provides SlingLink that acts as an extension cord for the Internet by using users' home’s existing electrical wiring to transmit the ethernet signal from router to Slingbox; HD Connect that enables clients to watch home television’s HD programming by connecting HD component device to the Slingbox; and SlingStream, which is the streaming technology that ensures clients receive clear pictures at any given location. The company’s SlingPlayer Mobile is a software application, which combined with Slingbox delivers the home TV experience on a Windows mobile or Palm OS smartphone. It offers its products through retailers in North America. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Foster City, California. As of October 19, 2007, Sling Media, Inc. is a subsidiary of Dish Network Corp.

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  • Tara Ariano, Senior Editor

    was Chief Editor at Entertonement - 2 months ago

  • Christopher Carson, Sr. Producer at Sling Media

    was Sr. Producer at MTV Networks - 4 months ago

  • Karen Wei, Information Architect

    was User Experience Architect at Draftfcb - 5 months ago

  • Claudia Knight, Senior Manager of Research

    was Strategic Director at Cheskin - 3 months ago

  • Arkady Balter, Staff Software Engineer

    was Principal Software Engineer at Envox - 3 months ago

  • Teresa Dodson, Director, Business Development, Vertical Markets

    was Director, Partner Marketing - last month

  • Jayaprakash Narayanan, Senior Technical lead

    was Technical lead - this month

  • Vicky Shum, Director, Product Management

    was Director, Product Marketing - 3 months ago

  • Steve Hartwell, Development Lead, Macintosh Products

    was Project Lead, Macintosh Products - last month

  • Brandon Roskowski, National Manager, Sales Development

    was Technology Sales Professional - 2 months ago

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Key Statistics about Sling Media

Sling Media Headquarters Address
1051 East Hillsdale Boulevard Suite 500
Foster City, CA 94404
United States
Phone: 650-293-8000
Secondary Phone: 877-467-5464
Fax: 650-378-4422
IndustryConsumer Electronics
TypePrivately Held
StatusOperating Subsidiary
Company Size 51-200 employees
Founded2004
Websitehttp://www.slingmedia.com
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Common Job Titles
Senior Software Engineer11%
Staff Engineer6%
Software Engineer6%
Technical Leader6%
Quality Assurance Engineer5%
Top Schools
San Jose St. Univ.3%
Bangalore Univ.2%
Visvesvaraya Tech. Univ.2%
San Francisco St. Univ., Coll. of Bus.2%
Univ. of California, Berkeley2%
Median Age33 years
Gender
Male72%
Female28%
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