Sling Media, NHL Secure Deal

NEW YORK, June
7: The National Hockey League (NHL) has reached an agreement to use Sling
Media’s upcoming Clip+Sling technology to allow all current and future Slingbox customers to clip and share live or
recorded segments of NHL programming online with others.

Clip+Sling, currently in
private beta, is a feature that will be built into Sling Media’s SlingPlayer
software, giving Slingbox owners the ability to record and share portions of
content with just a few short clicks. While customers will need a Slingbox to
create and share clips, the clips posted to Sling Media’s forthcoming video
destination site will be accessible by anyone.

NHL clips posted to this
site will be searchable and categorized by NHL as a league and NHL clubs to
help users navigate through clips with ease. In addition, the NHL will also
make its own long-form and short-form content available on the video
destination site.

“The NHL has consistently been at the forefront of
embracing new technologies to empower and grow their fan base and we are
incredibly proud to have them as our first sports league partner,” said Jason
Hirschhorn, the president of Sling Media’s Entertainment Group. “Clip+Sling
makes it extremely easy for fans to share a priceless moment with others,
dramatically changing the way consumers socialize around TV. In addition, it
enables content creators to build new communities as well as new revenue and
marketing opportunities around their content.”