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Tag: Sling
Discovery+ Launching on Sling TV and Dish TV
SLING TV Unveils New App Experience Delivering Live Sports, News and Entertainment
Verizon Teams Up with Sling TV for Streaming Offer
Sling TV and TiVo Hook Up in Latest Alliance for Streaming TV Wars
A Sling TV and TiVo deal calls for Sling to be the featured live TV streaming service on the new TiVo Stream 4K device. The device doesn’t currently include
Sling TV Launches Happy Hour Across America Promotion
With So Many People Home, Free Video Programming and Streaming Services Gain Favor
Free video programming and streaming services are launching daily, as service providers angle to support the new reality created by the COVID-19 crisis.
Sling TV Offers Free Streaming TV During COVID-19 Crisis
WOW! Exec Reveals How the Cable and Broadband Operator Aims to Get Ahead of Cord Cutting
WOW! is embracing cord cutting in Charleston, S.C., where the operator offers customers fuboTV, Philo, SlingTV and YouTube TV. Deal terms were…
Sling Enlists an Old Video Icon and Beefs Up Deals to Pursue PlayStation Vue Subscribers
New Sling promotions, including a free Friday rental that harkens back to the days of Blockbuster, are aimed at attracting Playstation Vue subscribers, who
Provider Phases Out Video, Helps Customers Find Streaming Cable Replacement Options
BELD Internet will no longer offer cable TV beginning December 2. But the company will help customers find streaming video cable replacement options to meet their needs. Video providers de-emphasizing traditional pay-TV is a growing trend, as . . .
Report: Cord Cutters Not Turning to Streaming vMVPD Alternatives in Big Numbers
An analysis of video cord cutting economics from MoffettNathanson reports services like Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, and YouTube TV aren’t filling the cord cuttung gap, at least not as much as expected.
Parks: Top OTT Video Providers Unchanged But a Second Tier Emerges
The top OTT video services remain Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu in that order. But a second tier of brand name OTT providers is emerging, including offerings such as . . .
DISH HBO Blackout Raises Competitive Concerns
The DISH HBO blackout isn’t the first programming dispute to lead to a blackout. But it’s the first ever HBO blackout, and given HBO is now owned by AT&T . . .
DISH Offering Billing Credits to Customers over Univision Retransmission Dispute
With Univision renewal talks in an apparent deadlock, DISH today has announced it will be offering
Report: At $37, vMVPD ARPU About 1/3 of Traditional Pay-TV
With vMVPD ARPU of $37, Kagan, S&P Global Market Intelligence forecasts total revenue of $2.2 billion in 2018, growing to $7.8 billion by 2022.
DIRECTV NOW is Latest OTT Streaming Service to Raise Pricing
DIRECTV NOW joins other OTT streaming services Sling TV and YouTube TV in increasing their monthly subscription fees. Based on these moves, it appears the new monthly subscription sweet spot for these services is …
Latest Sling TV Enhancements Push Streaming Service Towards A La Carte TV Model
In addition to individual channel purchasing options, Sling TV enhancements include making the company’s slate of pay-per-view (PPV) content available to anyone as a single purchase, whether they are a Sling TV subscriber or not. PPV events include . . .
New AirTV App Distributes Local OTA Broadcast Channels In and Out of The Home
A new version of AirTV is designed to integrate over-the-air and streaming video. It connects to an OTA antenna and a home Wi-Fi network…
ACSI: Video Customer Satisfaction Higher for Streaming Services Than Linear TV
Average video customer satisfaction was 75 out of 100 for video streaming, but only 62 for traditional subscription TV services.
Report Advises Positioning Sling TV as a Mobile Offering
Sling TV is missing an opportunity, according to analyst firm Strategy Analytics, which advises positioning Sling TV as a mobile offering. The analyst firm argues that . . .
DISH Alliance Group Will Focus on ISP Co-Marketing, Allowing ISPs to Add Video to Broadband
The DISH Alliance Group gives internet providers the opportunity to sell DISH’s video offerings, including Sling TV. In addition, DISH’s call center will market the ISPs’ broadband services.
Streaming Video Demographics Research: Young Adults Drive the Sector
Leichtman Research Group studied streaming video demographics and found a growing niche market for lower-cost, lower-channel count services, particularly among younger, more mobile renters and those living in households with . . .
FuboTV Roku Offering Should Help Spur Popularity of the Niche Streaming Service
Streaming sports service fuboTV completed a beta with popular streaming platform Roku. The fuboTV Roku offering includes significant upgrades, such as . . .
Sling TV CCA Partnership Enables Streaming OTT, Wireless Bundles for Up to 100 Wireless Carriers
A new Sling TV CCA partnership will give CCA members the ability to bundle the streaming OTT service on a single bill. Video has become an important tool