Like to Watch?On-Demand Video Entertainment Experience, Sling.com Launches

NEW YORK & FOSTER CITY, Calif., Dec 02, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS), announced the public launch of Sling.com (http://www.sling.com), an online video entertainment destination. Users can go to Sling.com to watch a huge selection of clips, TV shows, films, news and sports in high quality, for free, anytime they want. This includes video programming from over 90 content providers spanning 150 content brands.

"Sling.com is a wonderful combination of premium video content, television viewing, robust editorial and consumer-friendly access and socialization features," said Jason Hirschhorn, President, Sling Media Entertainment Group. "Users will have a blast watching great clips, full length shows and movies while customizing the viewing experience to their liking."

Sling.com features:

• Robust editorial programming: Sling.com's editorial team creates great content including blogs, playlists and clip collections.
• Socialization features: Users can subscribe to any channel, show or user to create a feed of programming and activity that reflects your personal tastes and those of your social network.
• Slingbox access: For the first time, Slingbox owners can now access and view their home television (cable, satellite receiver) and DVR via the Sling.com website, making their Slingboxes available without a software client download.

"Our mission from day one was to enable access to content regardless of screen or source," said Blake Krikorian, co-founder and CEO of Sling Media, Inc. "Sling Media will continue to link and meld video solutions from the television, computer and mobile device to create seamless experiences for consumers."

Sling.com is now available to the public, and will include content from the following providers now or shortly after launch:

For a full list of shows available on Sling.com go to: http://www.sling.com/show/list

For a full list of channels available on Sling.com go to: http://www.sling.com/network/list

About Sling Media

Sling Media, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ:SATS), is a leading digital lifestyle company offering consumer services and products that are a natural extension of today's digital way of life. Sling Media's product family includes the internationally acclaimed, Emmy award-winning Slingbox(TM) that allows consumers to watch and control their living room television shows at any time, from any location, using PCs, Macs, PDAs and smartphones and the revolutionary new SlingCatcher(TM), a universal media player that seamlessly delivers broadcast TV, Internet video and personal content to the TV. Sling Media is also the company behind the video entertainment web site, Sling.com, offering consumers a wide variety of popular TV shows, movies and other entertainment free for viewing online or on the TV using SlingCatcher. For more information on Sling Media, the Slingbox or the SlingCatcher, visit www.slingmedia.com. To watch your favorite TV shows and movies, check out www.sling.com.

SOURCE: Sling Media, Inc.

Sling Media, Inc.
Brian Jaquet, 650-293-8022 (office)
415-235-4844 (mobile)
jaquet@slingmedia.com

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