FOSTER CITY, CA, Jul 06 (MARKET WIRE) —
Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation
(NASDAQ: SATS), is pleased to announce that its Slingbox 700U has earned
a Gold Award and one of just three Best in Show Awards in the Industrial
Designers Society of America’s 2010 International Design Excellence
Awards (IDEA(R)) competition. The product was selected from a pool of
1,855 entrants.
Sling Media, in conjunction with New Deal Design LLC, designed the
Slingbox 700U to be crafted from a single piece of recyclable aluminum in
the form of a honeycomb which serves as both the product enclosure and an
efficient heat-sink. The smallest Slingbox to date connects simply by a
single USB connection to a DVR, creating an elegant, yet technically
advanced solution that uses very little power. In real time the Slingbox
700U decrypts incoming video, transcodes it and finally, re-encrypts it
for secure Internet playback anywhere in the world.
“IDEA10 is the most prestigious design competition in the world and we’re
elated to be honored with our partner New Deal for the hard work and
creativity we have put into this product,” said John Paul, executive vice
president of Products at Sling Media. “At Sling Media our focus has
always been on great design and this award takes us to the next level in
delivering beautiful, innovative products.”
“The absolute but meaningful reduction of the elements and the resulting
functional clarity and aesthetic are as close to poetry as one can get in
industrial design,” said IDEA 2010 judge Stefan Pannenbecker from Nokia.
The Slingbox 700U and Sling Media’s array of OEM products are available
to television service providers worldwide. Visit
http://www.slingmedia.com for more information about Sling Media’s suite
of OEM products. Visit http://www.idsa.org for more information about the
Industrial Designers Society of America and the IDEA 2010 competition.
About Sling Media, Inc.
Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), is the leading provider of video
placeshifting products and services for consumers and television service
providers. Sling Media’s product family includes the internationally
acclaimed, Emmy award-winning Slingbox(TM) that allows consumers to watch
and control their living room television shows at any time, from any
location, using internet-connected PCs, Macs, PDAs and Smartphones. For
more information, visit www.slingmedia.com.
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Press Contacts:
Jay Tannenbaum
Sling Media, Inc.
Direct: 650 293-8007
jtannenbaum@slingmedia.com
Claire Towlson
Sling Media EMEA
Direct: (00-1) 650-293-8768
emea_pr@slingmedia.com
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