Semiconductor provider Broadcom will be launching a number of new products at the 2012 International CES.

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One announcement will be the integration of the EchoStar's Sling Media SDK into Broadcom's latest set-top-box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms.

Sling Media confirmed that their licensed software ecosystem will be supported on the Broadcom's BCM7425 Dual HD Transcoding MoCA Gateway SoC.
What this does is pave the way for manufacturers of STBs and CE devices to offer consumers a place-shifting solution that will allow authenticated users to watch their favorite television content on any device with an internet connection.

They are saying that the Broadcom-powered boxes with Sling Media software will be available by the third quarter of 2012.