Tag: Sling TV
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Sling TV’s President Wants to Break the Bundle
Recently at the Streaming Media West conference, Sling TV’s President, Warren Schlichting, opened up about their plans for the service. Schlichting repeatedly revealed why Sling TV wants to break the bundle. During the interview Sling TV’s president said, “Well, you know almost every programming negotiation this is an issue and it’s a little bit of,…
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5 Tips to Help You Get the Most from Sling TV
Over the last three years, Sling TV has slowly been adding new features to make the service even better. Yet after talking with many new and old subscribers, I was shocked at how many did not know everything Sling TV has to offer. So today I wanted to point out some of the best Sling TV…
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Here Are the Top 10 Subscription Cord Cutting Services
Recently the research firm Parks Associates released their updated list of the top 10 paid TV subscription services. According to this new report, we have a small shakeup in the lleaderboardas HBO Now and Starz jump into the number 4 and number 5 spots. Here are the top 10 subscription streaming services in the United States…
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Sling TV is Having a Refer a Friend Sweepstakes
Are you a Sling TV subscriber? Right now you have a chance to win a free TCL 55″ Roku TV if you refer a friend. Now through December 5th if you refer a friend you will receive a $15 credit for Sling TV and an entry to win a TCL 55″ Roku TV. How to Enter The #SlingItOn…
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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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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…
