SlingCatcher to tread on iTV vapor trail?

If you knew that the simplicity of the iPod/iTunes combo was on the way for your video streaming, would it be worth waiting for? Or would you go Sling instead?

Pretty tough to beat a set top box solution that's video codec agnostic, but I'm happy to wait and see what finally emerges from the iTV corner before committing.

But what about the rumours of a collaboration between Apple and Sling Media? I haven’t seen those mentioned here, but from what I understand, in the directory of exhibitors at CES, there is a listing for Apple Computer, but the street address given is for Sling Media. You could say that’s a simple mistake, but there’s also the fact that there’s confusion over the floor plans of CES exhibitors—the stall listed as Apple’s in the directory is listed as Sling Media’s on the plans themselves.

But yes, probably all just a bit of a misunderstanding.