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Sling TV is no longer invite-only so it's time to sign up
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 9 February, 2015
Dish's new online TV streaming service is no longer invite-only, meaning any would-be consumer can sign up today.
Sling TV gives live access to over 10 channels that can be watched online, at a price cheaper than any standard cable or satellite package.
The new service will cost $20 per month and includes the following channels: TNT, TBS, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, Cartoon Network, Adult ... [ read the full article ]
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9. February 2015 @ 19:30 |
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Not perfect, but it's a start
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vigeuth
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10. February 2015 @ 17:33 |
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Add regional sports channels, and I'm in.
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harrynutz
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11. February 2015 @ 01:49 |
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Nothing to be impressed with. My local provided has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get my business with similar "package" for years.
As soon as I will be able to pick my own channels, the ones I will actually want to watch, and not the ones I have zero use for, then and only then I will consider parting with my hard earned moolah.
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11. February 2015 @ 06:19 |
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Nothing there of interest to me and then when you start to add on to get what you actually want and you're once again paying what we are paying now but for less. Great deal Ah!
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Tarsellis
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11. February 2015 @ 09:53 |
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Correct my math here: 10 million is slightly more than 15 ("TNT, TBS, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, the Disney Channel, Galavision, El Rey Network, a Maker Studios channel and ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN 3. AMC will be added soon")
Then these are only live broadcasts. Then you still need a decoder. Then you still need broadband. Where, pray tell, is the value proposition here?
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SProdigy
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11. February 2015 @ 14:20 |
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Originally posted by Tarsellis:
Correct my math here: 10 million is slightly more than 15 ("TNT, TBS, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, the Disney Channel, Galavision, El Rey Network, a Maker Studios channel and ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN 3. AMC will be added soon")
Then these are only live broadcasts. Then you still need a decoder. Then you still need broadband. Where, pray tell, is the value proposition here?
For those with a single TV or streaming device in an apartment, possibly on a fixed income, it beats shelling out $150 if you want to watch content from a few of these networks.
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megadunderhead
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12. February 2015 @ 03:33 |
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it also beats out 249.00 for comcast only rigged zones.
My friend who lives in the u.s is in a neighborhood where if they go to com cast's competitors comcast will send out a work truck and disable there internet and slap them with a dmca notice for nothing.
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urbstfren
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12. February 2015 @ 16:10 |
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Originally posted by harrynutz:
Nothing to be impressed with. My local provided has been trying, unsuccessfully, to get my business with similar "package" for years.
As soon as I will be able to pick my own channels, the ones I will actually want to watch, and not the ones I have zero use for, then and only then I will consider parting with my hard earned moolah.
I understand your position, but I see this as the camels nose getting under the cable/satelite tent. If this is successful I expect to see more, perhaps MANY more companies enter the field. We/they have the tech to support hundreds of channels and and broadcast to hundreds of thousands all at the same time, no matter when you tune in.
So celebrate this first dawn of what we all it will be.
David Clark
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