Dish Network's Sling TV announced today on its Facebook page that HBO will be available on Roku, Xbox, Amazon Fire, and other devices in time the premiere of Game of Thrones on April 12. HBO will be offered as a Sling TV add-on for $15 per month.
That's the same price as the HBO Now service that was recently announced for Apple TV and Cablevision, but subscribers through Sling TV will first need to sign up for the basic Best of Live TV Package for $20 per month. This core package includes 17 popular cable channels, including ESPN, AMC, Food Network, TNT, TBS, CNN, and Disney Channel. Sling TV's HBO package will include "one live channel and the same extensive VOD library HBO provides on its other platforms" according to a Sling TV comment on Facebook.
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