In the beginning–before Hulu, before Netflix Watch Instantly, even before the official launch of YouTube–there was Sling Media’s Slingbox. The ingenious “place-shifting” box let you re-route the TV ...

A: Sure. Wireless carriers offer TV packages that include a smattering of live programming, but if you want your phone to work like a real TV, there's just one solution - the Slingbox. It's a device ...

"Wow, that's incredible." "Wait, how is that possible?" "But I don't get it, you're controlling your TV over the Internet?" These are the excited exclamations you'll hear from friends once you show ...

I clearly remember the day when I first learned about the VCR. Right then I knew it would change how the world watched television. I also remember the day I learned about the Digital Video Recorder ...

Sling Media has an exciting announcement to make: soon, you will not be restricted to the television or computer to watch your favorite TV shows. Instead, you’ll be able to use just about any mobile ...

NEW YORK – Sling Media, the maker of devices that let people watch their cable channels while traveling, is trying to become more relevant in the living room. Traditionally, Sling’s strength has been ...

One recent evening after work, I watched Will Smith single-handedly tear into an army of robots. There was nothing remarkable about the movie I was watching -- "I, Robot"; it amounted to a lot of ...

Slingbox connects you to your home TV when you're on the road. — -- SlingBox lets users watch whatever is on their home TVs — from local sports and news programs to their favorite digitally ...

There is a lot of excitement about devices that let you watch your own TV programming while you’re traveling around the country, and even abroad. I’ve written about Sling Media’s Slingbox and Sony’s ...

If there's one communication service that's easy to get when you're away from home, it's television. Broadband Internet access, however, is much scarcer. So a box that lets you stream TV from your ...

Goodbye old friend: The grandfather to modern television streaming, Slingbox, is about to go off life support. On Wednesday, November 9, the cloud-based content provider will end server support, ...

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 ...