Category: Sling TV
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Weather Channel’s Local Now is Back on Sling TV
Back in June 2018 Sling TV temporarily dropped Local now. At the time Sling TV issued a statement saying that it was a technological issue that caused the channel to vanish. Now Sling TV has readded the popular Local Now channel. So what is Local Now? The Weather Channel’s Local Now provides localized updates relevant to…
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Sling TV & Dish Accuse AT&T Of Using HBO As An ‘Economic Weapon’
Today Dish Network the parent company of Sling TV help their 3rd quarter 2018 earnings call. During that call Dish Network’s Chairman, Charlie Ergen dived into their current fight with AT&T over HBO. According to Mr. Ergen AT&T is demanding unreasonable terms for HBO in an effort to use it as an “economic weapon”. “This is purely…
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Sling TV Still Leads But Added Just 26,000 Subscribers in The 3rd Quarter of 2018
Today Dish the parent company behind Sling TV announced that they had added just 26,000 subscribers in the 3rd quarter of 2018. The good news for Dish is that they are still the largest live TV streaming service in the United States. Many had expected that DIRECTV NOW would jump Sling TV in the 3rd quarter of…
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Sling TV Talks About How They Differ from PlayStation Vue, DIRECTV NOW, YouTube TV, & Others
Last week Mashable posted an interview with Jimshade Chaudhari, Sling TV’s vice president of product marketing and management. During that interview, the topic came up regarding what makes Sling TV standout from their competition. This is just one of the topics addressed in the Mashable interview with Sling TV. You can find the full interview…
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Cord Cutting This Week 50 – AT&T Fights With Sling, T-Mobile TV Delayed, 5G, AMC, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Saturday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not an in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. (Also let…
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NFL Redzone Will Be FREE on Sling TV This Weekend
Are you a Sling TV subscriber? This Sunday NFL RedZone will be free for all Sling Blue subscribers to test out NFL Redzone. The free trial of NFL RedZone will start at 1:00 p.m. and run until 8:00 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, November 4th, 2018. In a statement on their website, Sling TV said “NFL RedZone is…
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AT&T’s WarnerMedia Accuses Sling TV & Dish of ‘Collaborating’ With The DOJ
Yesterday HBO went dark on Dish and the Dish owned streaming service Sling TV. Over the last 24 hours, the fireworks between AT&T’s WarnerMedia and Dish have been heating up. AT&T accuses Dish of walking away from talks but Dish counters that AT&T was demanding “DISH pay for a guaranteed number of subscribers, regardless of how many consumers…
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HBO Goes Dark On Sling TV As AT&T & Dish Publicly Fight
Today Sling TV customers woke up to find out that HBO is no longer available on Sling TV and Dish. This comes as Dish and HBO’s new owner AT&T failed to come to deal to offer HBO and Cinemax on Sling TV. “Past behavior shows that removing services from their customers is becoming all too common a…
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PlayStation Vue vs DIRECTV NOW vs YouTube TV vs Sling TV vs Philo vs FuboTV vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated November 2018
In October 2018 several changes happened with new channels joining services like Philo and PlayStation Vue. With 8 very popular live TV services it is harder than ever to pick the right one and new cord cutters can feel very overwhelmed with all the changes. The truth is there are no best services out there.…
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Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, YouTube TV, & Others Saw a 54% Increase in Viewing Hours
Last week we saw a record number of people cut the cord on companies like AT&T. Now the research group Conviva has released a study that shows live TV streaming services saw a 54% jump in year-over-year hours viewed. (This study looked at services like Sling TV, Hulu, fuboTV, Philo, and PlayStation Vue.) “Streaming TV…