When it comes to choosing the right streaming service, price is just one factor to consider, but it’s an important one for many cord cutters. That’s why we’re taking a closer look at what you’ll get for your money with a Sling subscription.
For a limited time, Sling has a deal that offers a combination of Sling Blue and Sling Orange for $25/month.
When you sign up for the Sling Blue and Sling Orange combo, you’ll get a total of 56 channels for $25. With that deal, you’ll be paying just under 45 cents per channel. Here’s how that compares to other live TV streaming services.
- Hulu with Live has 67 channels for $44.99/month, coming in at 67 cents per channel
- YouTube TV has 74 channels for $40/month, coming in at 54 cents per channel
- DIRECTV NOW Plus has 47 channels for $50/month, coming in at $1.06 per channel
- PlayStation Vue Access has 49 channels for $44.99/month, coming in at 92 cents per channel
These are the channels you’ll get with your combination of Sling Blue and Sling Orange:
- A&E
- ACC Network Extra
- AMC
- AXS
- BBC America
- BET
- Bloomberg TV
- Bravo
- CNN
- Cartoon Network
- Cheddar Business
- Cheddar News
- Comedy Central
- Comet
- Discovery
- Disney
- E!
- ESPN
- ESPN 2
- ESPN 3
- Epix
- FS1
- FS2
- FX
- FXX
- Food Network
- Fox (select markets)
- Fox Sports (select markets)
- Freeform
- Fuse
- HGTV
- History
- ID
- IFC
- Lifetime
- Local Now
- Motor Trend
- NBC (select markets)
- NBC Sports (select markets)
- NBC Sports Network
- NFL Network
- Nat Geo Wild
- National Geographic
- Newsy
- Nick Jr
- Stadium
- SyFy
- TBS
- TLC
- TNT
- Travel Channel
- Tribeca Shortlist
- TruTV
- USA
- Viceland
With the combination of Sling Blue and Sling Orange, you can watch 4 streams simultaneously. However, you can only have 1 Sling Orange stream and up to 3 Sling Blue streams on at the same time. Here’s how that compares to other streaming services.
- Hulu with Live will let you watch on 2 screens simultaneously, with the option to upgrade to unlimited screens for a fee
- YouTube TV allows you to have up to 6 accounts, but only 3 simultaneous streams
- DIRECTV NOW Plus allows 2 simultaneous streams, with the option to add a third for an additional monthly fee
- PlayStation Vue will let you watch 5 streams simultaneously
Sling TV
- Hulu with Live offers 50 hours of Cloud DVR storage with the option to increase to 200 hours for a monthly fee
- YouTube TV has unlimited Cloud DVR storage and allows you to record simultaneously
- DIRECTV NOW Plus has 20 hours of free Cloud DVR storage
- PlayStation Vue allows you to record up to 500 programs for up to 28 days
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