[opendtv] Sling TV Adds AMC & IFC, Launches ‘Hollywood’ Pack | Multichannel
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 23:47:45 -0500
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Sling TV Adds AMC & IFC, Launches ‘Hollywood’ Pack
Sling TV, Dish Network's new OTT pay-TV service, has added AMC and IFC to its
core $20 per month subscription package and has launched a new “Hollywood
Extra” package that features content from EPIX and Sundance TV and sells for $5
per month.
Sling TV, which announced a distribution agreement with AMC Networks in tandem
with its national launch on February 9, noted that it will also offer VOD
content from AMC and IFC “soon.” In addition to AMC and IFC, Sling TV’s core
package also offers ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel,
Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, ABC Family, Disney Channel, CNN, El Rey and
Galavision. Customers on that core package also get access to WatchESPN and
content from Maker Studios.
The new Hollywood Extra package, arriving about two weeks after Sling TV and
EPIX announced their distribution deal, offers live feeds of EPIX, EPIX2,
EPIX3, EPIX Drive-In, and Sundance TV, with VOD to be added later. The new
Hollywood add-on also includes a replay feature that lets subs watch content
that has aired up to seven days prior, without a DVR.
Sling TV also markets the following add-on packages for $5 per month each:
Sports Extra (SEC Network, ESPNEWS, ESPNU, Universal Sports, Univision
Deportes, beIN Sports, ESPN Buzzer Beater, ESPN Bases Loaded and ESPN Goal
Line); Kids Extra (Disney Junior, Disney XD, Boomerang, Baby TV, and Duck TV);
and News & Info Extra (HLN, Cooking Channel, DIY and Bloomberg TV).
Sling TV current supports the following platforms: Web browsers, the Amazon
Fire TV box and Fire TV Stick, Roku devices (LT model and higher), and iOS and
Android smartphones and tablets. The OTT service will soon be available to the
Xbox platform and the Nexus Player, the first streaming device powered by the
Android TV OS.
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