Blake and Jason of Slingmedia leaving Echostar

[dvrblogger]

from paidcontent.org

Slingbox, Sling.com Team Leaving Echostar

Posted at 1:03 PM PT on January 12, 2009

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The top executives at Sling Media, the people who brought you the Slingbox “place-shifting” TV gadget and Hulu competitor Sling.com, are leaving Echostar (SATS), more than a year after they sold their start-up to the satellite TV company for $380 million cash.

read more here: http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-major-shakeup-at-sling-media/

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[harsh]

Sometimes it is better to jump off at the top.

Echostar should be okay as long as they obtained the requisite non-competition agreements.

[GrumpyBear]

This is pretty normal stuff, CXX's stay on for a length of time. You can only have so much duplication, at that level, and most CXX's want to be in charge, not just a figurehead. After there terms/contracts end, they move on to start newer and alwasy better things.

[FTA Michael]

How much you wanna bet that their employment contracts were tied to the end of CES?

[GrumpyBear]

How much you wanna bet that their employment contracts were tied to the end of CES?

Nobody would give you any good odd's on that bet, as that is a given.