Sling TV tested a beta service in April that allowed simultaneous streaming to multiple devices. That service substituted FOX and FOX Sports channels for ESPN and Disney channels on the original single-stream service. The beta phase is over and is now called Sling Blue, and it now includes NBC, USA, Bravo, Syfy, BBC America, and BBC World News. Sling Blue also includes live, local NBC broadcast stations in Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Hartford, Conn., Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego and Washington D.C. Access to on-demand programming will be available in a later update. Comcast SportsNet: California, Bay Area, Chicago and Mid-Atlantic is also coming soon, and Sling TV expects to add local content from NBC affiliates in the future on a market-by-market basis.
The new Sling Blue, with over 40 channels, is $25 per month - that's a five dollar increase over the beta cost, but the beta did not include the additional channels names above. However, customers who signed up during the beta phase will receive the additional channels found in Sling Blue and their price will remain $20 per month with their current subscription.
The original single-stream service is now called Sling Orange and includes BBC America in the lineup. Sling Orange remains at $20 per month for more than 25 channels. If you want all those new channels on Sling Blue but just can't do without Disney and ESPN, you can sign up for Orange+Blue, which includes all channels from both services, for $40 per month. What the Orange+Blue package boils down to is you're paying an extra $15 above the Blue rate for access to ESPN, ESPN 2, Disney Channel, and Freeform.
Click Here to see a comparison of all the channels on Sling Blue and Sling Orange, plus a listing of add-on packs, or download a PDF of channel comparisons here.
There have also been a few changes to the add-on packs, which vary by base package. For example, the Broadcast Extra package with programming from local ABC, Univision, and UniMás affiliates in Chicago, Fresno-Visalia, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, and San Francisco, is available only with Orange or Orange+Blue. (Orange features ABC channels, while Blue features FOX and NBC.) Sling Blue's Extra packs offer additional NBCUniversal networks that aren't available in the Sling Orange add-ons, including E!, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, Golf and NBCUniverso. Here are the specific changes:
Sling Blue Extra Packs
"Sports Extra" (New Extra Pack) – Golf Channel joins beIN Sports, Outside TV and Univision Deportes
"Lifestyle Plus Extra" – E!, Oxygen and Vibrant TV join VH1, Cooking Channel, DIY, FYI, WE tv and LMN
"World News Extra" – BBC World News, CNBC and MSNBC join HLN, euronews, France 24, News18, NDTV 24/7 and RT Network
"Best of Spanish TV" – NBCUniverso joins 24 other Spanish and bilingual channels
All other Extras for Sling Blue remain unchanged.
Sling Orange Extra Packs
"Lifestyle Plus Extra" – Vibrant TV joins VH1, BET, Cooking Channel, DIY, FYI, WE tv and LMN
"World News Extra" – BBC World News joins HLN, euronews, France 24, News18, NDTV 24x7, Fusion and RT Network
For a full list of Sling Orange and Sling Blue channel lineups, including Extras,click here.
Additional Sling TV updates
In addition to the Sling Orange and Sling Blue updates, Sling TV also made changes to its Spanish-language programming and packaging, “Best of Spanish TV.” More information about these changes can be found here.
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