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Dish Introduces $20-a-Month Streaming-TV Service

Posted by samzenpus on from the watch-when-you-want dept.

wyattstorch516 writes "Dish Networks has unveiled Sling TV, its streaming service for customers who don't want to subscribe to Cable or Satellite. From the article: "For $20 a month — yes, twenty dollars — you get access to a lineup of cable networks that includes TNT, TBS, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, the Disney Channel, ESPN, and ESPN2. ESPN is obviously a huge get for Dish and could earn Sling TV plenty of customers all on its own. ESPN just ended another year as TV's leading cable network, and now you won't need a traditional cable package to watch it. For sports fanatics, that could prove enticing. But Dish has hinted that there may be limits on watching ESPN on mobile thanks to red tape from existing deals between the network and Verizon."

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  1. Excuse me while I blow a kiss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    To say goodbye to Comcast. I have been caught with the problem of family members who wanted those certain networks.

    Now...bwahahaha.

    1. Re:Excuse me while I blow a kiss by penguinoid · · Score: 3, Funny

      Netflix doesn't have ESPN.

      That's not a bug, it's a feature!

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  2. Re:Interesting by OrangeTide · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you do anything on the Internet besides stare slack-jawed at videos?

    I mostly post on ./ at work.

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  3. Re:No Fox News channel? by CopaceticOpus · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fox News is number one on cable for a reason, and most of you will never understand that reason.

    Masochism?