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Viacom Reaches Separate Deals With DISH, EchoStar’s Sling.com

Staci D. Kramer

Jan 21, 2009 10:50 PM

Viacom (NYSE: VIA) has a new carriage deal with the DISH Network, avoiding any of those pesky late-night staredowns like the one it had with Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Cable on New Year’s Eve. More interesting, perhaps, is the deal finally signed with sibling EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS) to distribute content…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Community, Video, Companies, Viacom, MTV, sling media, sling.com

Echostar-Owned Sling Launching Online Video Portal; Hoping For Multi-Screen Convergence

Rafat Ali

Nov 5, 2008 4:49 PM

Sling Media, the place- and time-shifting device company that is now owned by Echostar (NSDQ: SATS), is launching something that seems counter-intuitive on the face of it: a free, ad-supported online video portal aggregating video from various professional sources like TV networks, studios and other independents. Sling.com will launch as…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Media & Publishing, TV, Satellite, Social Media, Video, echostar, jason hirschhorn, sling media, sling.com

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