Tag: Sling TV
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Sling TV is Offering $10 Credits After Last Week’s Outage
Last Saturday, Sling TV lost access to ESPN, BTN, and FS1 as some unknown issue took the channels off of Sling TV. Now Sling TV is offering $10 credits to customers who ended up being impacted by this outage to “make this right.” In the email to customers Sling TV said, “to make up for…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds 8 New Free Channels This Week Including Game Show Central
Sling TV has been steadily adding more channels to its free ad-supported streaming service, Sling TV Freestream. This week, the streaming service added 8 new channels to its Freestream lineup, including one featuring The Game Show Central. This comes on top of the nine new channels added to Sling TV Freestream last week. In total,…
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Sling TV Adds Disney Star, India’s Largest Entertainment Network
As one of the most affordable live TV streaming services on the market, Sling TV continues to expand its content offerings with its latest addition of Disney Star’s entertainment portfolio. As the new home to India’s largest television and entertainment network, Sling is celebrating the launch with Hotstar Specials and Disney Star VOD content via…
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DISH’s President & CEO Is Resigning After Over 27 Years With The Company
Today, DISH announced that its CEO Erik Carlson will resign as President and Chief Executive Officer effective November 12th. He won’t fully leave the company as he will remain on the board of directors through the closing of the already-announced merger with EchoStar. DISH says they plan to point Hamid Akhavan to the role of…
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Sling TV Service is Back Up After Outage – Here is Everything We Know
If you are trying to watch Sling TV and are getting an error message, you are not alone. The service is down right now for many customers. When you try to watch a video, you get a message saying, “this stream is unauthorized/ 4-402.” This seems to be preventing all customers from accessing Sling TV…
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DISH Lost 181,000 TV Subscribers, But Sling TV Added 117,000 Subscribers in The 3rd Quarter of 2023
Today, DISH announced its 3rd quarter 2023 earnings and reported that DISH and Sling TV lost 64,000 subscribers. This is great news as Sling TV has turned around recent losses and added customers in the 3rd quarter of 2023. Sling TV added 117,000, and DISH lost 181,000 subscribers. In total, DISH now has 8,840,000 pay…
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Sling TV is Rolling Out New Features, Including Purchasing With Apple ID & Better User Profiles
Today, Sling TV rolled out several new features, including live sports scores, apple purchasing support, and profiles on all devices. These new updates help Sling TV better compete with other streaming services. “Our top priority at SLING is to provide our customers with the best television experience possible. We want to put people in charge…