Sling Media video portal in beta

Sling Media is rolling out a beta version of a new web portal that will put it in direct competition with online video aggregators like YouTube and Veoh.

Sling Media, which produces the SlingBox TV on-demand hardware device, reports 60 inked partnership deals and more to come for the web portal. Users will have on-demand access to content from  top-tier publishers and a demo of the SlingPlayer software, which allows users to watch their DVR shows and live TV on their PCs. The service will also allow users to post bits of television viewed through the player in mash-up style on feeds that other users can place in their viewer.

The big edge Sling has on other online video competitors is the ability for Slingbox owners to access DVR programming through a web browser or on video-enabled smart phones. The flexibility the service gives its users is certainly a big value add. EchoStar certainly has faith in the model, since it acquired Sling Media last year for $380 million. 

For more:
- see the techcrunch.com post here
- visit sling.com for info on the beta program 

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