It's really official this time: Sling.com launches to the public
The player and page for Arrested Development on Sling.com.
(Credit: CNET)Last week, we reported that Sling.com, the streaming site of Slingbox maker Sling Media, was moving from the private beta phase and launching to the public. Well, that move is now official, as Sling has sent the site live to the world--though the "beta" moniker remains.
Much has been written about the impending launch of Sling.com. A partial list of partners has been circulating the last few weeks, but Sling's PR reps wanted to use today's announcement to showcase the full list, which naturally is "growing each and every week."
I'd list all the partners, but it would make for one ugly blog post and it's easier to just give you these links if you're interested.
Full list of shows available on Sling.com
Full list of channels available on Sling.com
Those of you waiting for a review of the recently released SlingCatcher--we're working on it now. Unfortunately, that product was pushed onto the market a little early (we assume to hit some sort of self-imposed deadline) and was basically still in a beta state. We'd been waiting for a couple of key software updates/fixes to arrive before passing final judgment.
Comments anyone? Does Sling.com live up to the hype? How could it be better?
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Hulu has been around for a decent amount now and is adding things every week, if not sometimes sooner. Hulu also has better organization but not perfect. I will give a few things to Sling though, they have videos from internet sites like College Humor and CNET, a much sleeker look, and personally I like the way the video player is in location with details next to it.
Final Decision: Hulu is better because of how long it's been here and others are just trying to put on a different face onto Hulu with different designed web pages.
- by mattumanu December 4, 2008 2:48 AM PST
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(5 Comments)How could it be better? Hmmm... I dunno, maybe if it worked? That would make it better. On the bright side I've seen the commercial for Novel Adventures about 8 times now, but each time the actual video comes up it plays for a total of 3 seconds and stops. This is with both Internet explorer and Firefox.
Look! The Managerie part 1 played for 3 seconds, I now have a starship enterprise picture on my browser... again, the commercial for Novel Adventures played just fine. I've given them about all the ad money I can stand without getting anything at all in reture.