Report: Sling Media co-founders, other top execs leave
Sling Media, the company that enables users to push their cable shows to their laptops from anywhere in the world, has seen a management shakeup, according to a published report.
The company's co-founders Blake and Jason Krikorian are leaving as are execs Jason Hirschhorn and Ben White, according to the blog PaidContent.
According to the report, Sling Media's senior executives agreed to stay a year following the company's acquisition by EchoStar for about $380 million. The year is up and it appears that the Sling's entrepreneurial leadership is walking away.
They may leaving at just the right time. The competition to supply video content on mobile devices is white hot and Sling has to contend with such rivals as Hulu, YouTube, Major League Baseball, Apple, and dozens of other distributors.
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If I wanted to go to a web portal, I would just go straight to Hulu. If I wanted to watch my personal videos anywhere in the world, I should want to use Sling Media Viewer.
Look at the Vip922 DVR that was at CES. 'A 1TB DVR with integrated sling. That's the future of sling and reason why echo bought it. They're not trying to compete with Hulu and the likes.
Cable? I thought that was obsolete. (Oops, sorry apartment dwellers :)
K, I'm gonna go watch my satellite TV in my apartment now.
- by ktaylor100 January 22, 2009 9:08 AM PST
- Agreed!
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