EchoStar unveils SlingModem, hints at future cable products

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Wed, 05/14/2008 - 12:12pm

EchoStar SlingModem

The SlingModem: cable modem plus Slingbox

(Credit: Sling Media)

EchoStar will be officially unveiling the SlingModem at next week's Cable Show trade event in New Orleans.

As the name suggests, the product combines a standard DOCSIS cable modem and a Slingbox media placeshifter--which transmits live TV broadcasts to Windows PCs, Macs, and a variety of smartphones--in one compact housing.

If it sounds familiar, it's because the product was soft-launched at January's Consumer Electronics Show ...


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