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Slingbox founders leave Echostar

January 13, 2009 11.05 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Brothers Blake and Jason Krikorian who developed the place-shifting Slingbox before selling the technology to STB manufacturer Echostar are to leave the company.

Jason Hirschhorn, president, Sling Media Entertainment Group and Ben Wright, COO at the Entertainment Group, are also expected to step down within the next few weeks.

Sling Media was sold to Echostar for $380 million (€286m) in September 2007. The technology streams content over the internet, anywhere in the world, from the user’s home receiver.

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Filed Under: Newsline, People, Tech Edited: 13 January 2009 11:06

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Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He works in online and printed media. Julian is also a voice on local radio. You can talk to Julian on X @julianclover, or by email at jclover@broadbandtvnews.com.

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