Tag: Sling Freestream
-
The Recap: Price Hikes and Blackouts Teased, 5G Home Internet Soars, and More
It was a busy week of earnings, which meant subtle teases of price hikes? In the first week of earnings, we got major players like Comcast, Netflix, and all three major telecom players reporting their fourth-quarter results, and the numbers are interesting. We saw a continued rise in 5G home internet service, and perhaps a…
-
Cutters Q&A: Sling VP on Why You Can’t Just Move DISH Customers Over to Sling TV
DISH Network is a difficult position. Its video business has lost 1.2 million subscribers over the last year, with defections in its core satellite side dragging down any gains made from live streaming service Sling TV. At the same time, these businesses are supposed to fund the buildout of a 5G wireless network. But for…
-
The Price Is Right: The Barker Era Channel Adds 60 “New” Episodes
The Price Is Right: The Barker Era streaming channel is getting a batch of “new” episodes from the first season of the longest-running game show in U.S. TV history this November. Starting November 27, fans can catch 60 fresh episodes of The Price Is Right hosted by Bob Barker, which debuted in 1972. New episodes…
-
Sling TV Freestream Adds 11 Free Channels, Including YouTube Hit Mythical 24/7 and Kim’s Convenience
Sling TV’s free ad-supported streaming service Freestream added 11 channels this week, continuing a steady drip of new content on a weekly basis. This comes on top of the eight channels last week and the nine from the week before. In total, it offers more than 430 free channels and more than 41,000 on-demand titles.…
-
Sling TV FreeStream is Secretly Changing its Home Screen For New Customers
Sling TV’s FreeStream later this week will quietly roll out a revamped home screen for anyone new checking out the free ad-supported service, Cord Cutters News has learned. Update: DISH later clarified that the changes aren’t live and will go in effect later this week. Liz Riemersma, vice president of strategy, business development and international…
-
The Recap: T-Mobile’s Forced Migration, FCC’s Blackout Rebate Proposal and More
The Federal Communications Commission had a particularly busy week, but T-Mobile has to take the cake for the biggest story of the week – even if it’s one that its customers aren’t going to be thrilled about. As always, there was a lot going on in the world of cord cutting. But that’s why The…
-
Sling TV is Considering Big Changes To Its Free Sling Freestream Service
Yesterday, Sling TV sent out surveys to customers looking at its free streaming service, Sling Freestream. In the survey, Sling TV asked about possible major changes that Sling TV could make to improve its free streaming service. Cord Cutters News received copies of this service from multiple readers and has confirmed what was in them.…
-
Sling TV Freestream Adds 9 New Free Channels
If you still think of Sling TV as just a paid service, you are missing out. Sling TV Freestream is the company’s free ad-supported streaming service and offers over 430 free channels and over 41,000 on-demand titles. This week, Sling TV added nine new channels to its Freestream lineup. That is on top of the…
-
Sling Adds Binge TV to lineup, while Freestream Gets 11 Free Streaming Channels
Sling added BingeTV to its lineup, while its free Freestream service adds nine channels, including a load of Indian content. Sling, the live TV streaming arm of Dish Network, has increasingly invested in free ad-supported content through its Freestream platform. It’s just one of a myriad of companies looking to capitalize in growing consumer interest…
-
Sling TV Freestream Adds 7 New Channels To Its Free Streaming Service
Earlier this month, Sling TV Freestream announced it now had 370 free channels. Now this week, Sling TV quietly added at seven new channels to Sling TV’s free streaming service Freestream. Sling TV’s new free advertising-supported streaming television service now offers more than 370 channels after these new channels have been added and 41,000 on-demand…