Los Angeles - Sling Media, the place- and time-shifting device company that is now owned by Echostar ( NSDQ: SATS), is launching a free, ad-supported online video portal, reports PaidContent.org. The video portal will go live on November 24 and aggregating video from various professional sources like TV networks, studios and other independents.

 “The company also recognizes that the Slingbox is an intermediary product, and that it will soon be integrated with Echostar's boxes itself,” reports Paid Content. Echostar is currently the number-two satellite player in the US market after DirecTV.

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