SlingTV Adds new $20 Option, Includes Fox channels, Multistream, Drops Disney Channels

by Andrroid
Andrroid

Full Breakdown:

Channels Gained with new Package:

  • Fox
  • FX
  • Fox RSNs
  • FOX Sports 1
  • National Geographic (Fox Owned)
  • truTV (this is Turner owned and requires a $5 add-on package for the original base plan)
  • Univision
  • UniMas

Channels Lost with new Package:

  • Disney
  • Freeform
  • ESPN
  • ESPN2

Also worth noting: The only add on packages that are available to the new plan are HBO, World News Extra, Lifestyle Extra, Hollywood Extra and Cinemax Extra.

And of course multistream is added with the new package. This would seem to imply that Disney was the party holding back multistream previously. Honestly, my gf and I never use the Disney channels and we would love to have Fox, FX and National Geographic instead plus multistream, so this is great news for us.

chowder007

All i know is as soon as vue is available on android Sling will be bye bye for me. They need to get there crap together and get something that compares to Vue.

trinipirate

Gonna have to stick w/ the old plan here. Although I would gladly pay a $5 addon to get all local channels added to that package.

DaviDreadLock

I'd love to be able to add fs1 for big 12 football and UFC stuff I can't give up my ESPN

dan1son

The real question is how quickly does a change of plan take effect and how is it billed? What's to stop me from changing plans to the one with ESPN before a specific game or event, then switching back when I want something on FS1?

3xray

Just in time for the Blues playoffs and cardinals baseball! The switch took less then 30 secs.

mdude04

PSA: When you change to this new plan, the confirmation/billing page is confusing and makes it seem like you're going to be billed some kind of prorated amount instantly, but in fact you'll be charged nothing and your billing date remains the same

fienen

Now if only they'd put some effort into making the app readable on a TV. It's great on a tablet or whatever, but across my living room, their UI is virtually unreadable.