Sling Media

Clinch and LG Ads Solutions Bring Data-Driven Creative to the Big Screen

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Clinch enhances these services by offering creative automation, ad delivery, distribution, and creative optimization at scale across LG Ads Solutions' more than 120 million households worldwide.

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  • Clinch enhances these services by offering creative automation, ad delivery, distribution, and creative optimization at scale across LG Ads Solutions' more than 120 million households worldwide.
  • Dynamic creative features such as contextual or viewer-driven product selection and messaging are powered by data from LG Ads Solutions proprietary automatic content recognition (ACR) technology.
  • LG Ads Solutions' ACR data guarantees that creatives align with an advertiser's audience preferences.
  • "We're deeply invested in next-generation solutions that balance data-driven advertising and superior user experience, a sentiment we share with our advertisers," said Ashish Baldua, Chief Product Officer for LG Ads Solutions.

LG Ads Introduces Personalized Smart TV Platform, River OS

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

LG Ads Solutions , leaders in connected TV and cross-screen advertising, today introduced a new smart TV operating system, called River OS .

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  • LG Ads Solutions , leaders in connected TV and cross-screen advertising, today introduced a new smart TV operating system, called River OS .
  • River OS is built for ultimate personalization, seamless navigations across apps, devices, and services, and advanced voice-controlled TV features at affordable price points.
  • River OS delivers seamless and highly personalized search, discovery, recommendations and viewing across live linear and on-demand sources.
  • River OS solves that challenge in an elegant way and delivers new, fully voice-controlled smart TV features that consumers will find innovative and essential.

SLING TV introduces AirTV Anywhere, featuring whole-home DVR solution and quad tuner for viewing over-the-air channels

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

"Too many people continue overpaying for TV because they think cutting cable is too complicated," said Adam Kucera, Director of Sales, SLING TV.

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  • "Too many people continue overpaying for TV because they think cutting cable is too complicated," said Adam Kucera, Director of Sales, SLING TV.
  • "With SLING TV plus AirTV Anywhere, Americans can unlock the best kept secret in TV free local channels that add up to hundreds in annual savings all while making the switch to streaming with SLING TV at the best price."
  • SLING TV integration: Instead of using a separate app to watch local channels, customers will see over-the-air programming alongside their SLING TV subscription within the app's guide, Cloud DVR recordings and in "My Channels," creating a seamless viewing experience.
  • Compatible devices: Supported streaming players include AirTV Mini, AirTV Player, Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku and Apple and Android mobile devices.

SLING TV delivers free news on Amazon Fire TV's 'Live' experience

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Monday, March 30, 2020

SLING TV is providing complimentary 24/7 live news coverage from ABC News Live, FOX News, select local FOX affiliates and Cheddar News to all Fire TV users in the U.S. through SLING TV's free experience1.

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  • SLING TV is providing complimentary 24/7 live news coverage from ABC News Live, FOX News, select local FOX affiliates and Cheddar News to all Fire TV users in the U.S. through SLING TV's free experience1.
  • To access the new live TV integration, Fire TV users can scroll to the Live tab, which includes rows of free live content from SLING TV.
  • Customers who have not previously used SLING TV must download the app on Fire TV and click the "Explore Free Content" option upon opening the app to see free SLING TV content in the Live tab on their Fire TV.
  • Last week, in an effort to help Americans stay home and informed during the COVID-19 crisis, SLING TV launched an offer allowing new SLING TV users to receive SLING Blue free for 14 days.

SLING TV launches "Stay in & SLING!" - an initiative to provide free news and entertainment as nation grapples with outbreak

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

SLING TV is providing news, plus thousands of shows and movies for the whole family, with no paid SLING TV account required.

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  • SLING TV is providing news, plus thousands of shows and movies for the whole family, with no paid SLING TV account required.
  • "To stay informed in these uncertain times, Americans need access to news from reputable sources," said Warren Schlichting, group president, SLING TV.
  • The SLING TV free experience currently includes news from ABC News Live,a 24/7 streaming video news channel for breaking news and live events.
  • Current SLING TV subscribers can access free content from SLING TV within the user interface on any SLING TV-supported device, without changing their subscription.

DISH introduces 'DISH Fiber,' combined Wi-Fi and live streaming TV solution for multifamily communities

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --DISH today introduced DISH Fiber, a new bulk solution for multifamily communities that provides all residents with immediate access to premium managed Wi-Fi and live streaming TV upon move in.

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  • ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --DISH today introduced DISH Fiber, a new bulk solution for multifamily communities that provides all residents with immediate access to premium managed Wi-Fi and live streaming TV upon move in.
  • With DISH Fiber, residents receive a live streaming TV service featuring top channels selected by the property that they can watch anywhere within their community on browser-enabled devices.
  • Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming Sling TV services.
  • DISH operates a national in-home installation workforce, as well as an advertising sales group delivering targeted advertising solutions on DISH TV and Sling TV.

DISH Appoints Kevin Arrix to Lead DISH Media Sales

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH today announced that digital media industry veteran Kevin Arrix has been tapped to lead the DISH Media Sales group, including its operations, analytics and advertising sales for DISH TV and Sling TV.

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH today announced that digital media industry veteran Kevin Arrix has been tapped to lead the DISH Media Sales group, including its operations, analytics and advertising sales for DISH TV and Sling TV.
  • Joining DISH as a senior vice president, Arrix will report to Warren Schlichting, DISH executive vice president of Programming and Media Sales, and president of Sling TV.
  • "Kevin brings with him a wealth of digital and mobile expertise that fits the progression of DISH Media Sales' offerings," said Schlichting.
  • A biography is available here: http://www.dishmediasales.com/about/
    DISH Media Sales provides advertising sales for leading pay-TV providers DISH TV and Sling TV.

SlingStudio introduces custom scoreboard, highlight-tagging features with new software release

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Thursday, June 7, 2018

FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SlingStudio launched a software update that introduces custom scoreboard capabilities and highlight-tagging tools that give users of the multi-camera video production and livestreaming platform more options for delivering compelling video while minimizing post-production.

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  • FOSTER CITY, Calif., June 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SlingStudio launched a software update that introduces custom scoreboard capabilities and highlight-tagging tools that give users of the multi-camera video production and livestreaming platform more options for delivering compelling video while minimizing post-production.
  • "This new update gives producers the power to create custom scoreboards using their own graphics and elements like team names, logos, scores and more all using SlingStudio."
  • These features are available for free download to new and existing SlingStudio customers, for use with both the iPad and Mac Console apps.
  • SlingStudio is the industry's first portable, wireless multi-camera video production and livestreaming platform by Sling Media L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corp.