Following integrations of OTT video services such as Netflix and support for voice-based search and navigation, Cox Communications is gearing up to launch another feature of the multiscreen video platform it has deployed through its X1 syndication deal with Comcast — a cloud DVR.
Despite having been one of the first to offer live, streaming TV over the internet, Dish’s Sling TV service has just now introduced a way to watch its service via a web browser. The company is today launching an in-browser player for Google Chrome. The player, which is still in beta, will work on both Windows and Mac devices, the company notes. Via the web player, you’re able to watch live TV and on-demand content, much like you can on Sling’s other platforms.
Sling Needs To Cut The Cord From Dish
As Charlie Ergen drags his feet in finding a deal for Dish Network Corp., it’s becoming clear that Sling TV especially deserves a new home sooner rather than later. Sling is Dish’s live TV streaming service that starts at $20 a month and offers networks from HGTV and ESPN to CNN and Lifetime — a chubbier skinny bundle, if you will. Its name is also appropriate given that Sling is helping support Dish’s wounded satellite-TV business, as cord cutting accelerates across the industry.
Sling TV has added its $5-a-month ‘cloud DVR’ to the XBox One, the service’s Twitter customer team announced Tuesday night.The live streamer’s DVR, which was previously added to Roku streaming devices, Android TV and mobile devices, and Amazon tablet and Fire TV devices, can store up to 50 hours of recorded programming.
