Dish Adding Sling Technology to Devices for TV Everywhere Push
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Dish Network Corp., the second-largest satellite-TV provider, said its new Hopper set-top box will come pre-installed with the Sling Media system, letting customers watch programming live on a range of mobile devices.
Dish is relying on technology it acquired in 2007 that provides viewers with a “TV Everywhere” experience, the company said yesterday. The strategy differs from the approach taken by Dish’s competitors, including Comcast Corp., DirecTV and Time Warner Cable Inc., which have pieced together their mobile offerings by forging contracts with programmers one at a time.