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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."

2 of 196 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And how much WITHOUT ESPN? by borcharc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I will sign up for any option that lets me not pay for sports. fuck the sports tax.

  2. Re:Maybe you didn't read it? by Darinbob · · Score: 5, Insightful

    (hell, when is DSL ever practical?)

    I'm streaming over VDSL. Not as fast as comcast but the advantage is that is not comcast.