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The cheap era of sling televisions is over. Dish's Internet TV service raises the price of two packages to $30 a month, Sling Blue and Sling Orange. The cost of subscribing to both channels is now $45, a few dollars lower than YouTube's competitor ($49.99 a month). It's up $5 everywhere.

"this is the first time that Sling Blue customers have seen an increase in prices," Sling TV said. "Orange prices have remained stable since June 2018." however, as the end of the year approaches, it will be difficult to hear the news, as subscription fees for these cable replacement services will continue to rise in 2019. Both YouTube and ATT TV rose sharply in 2019.

The right time to raise the price of streaming TV within a year.

Like its competitors, Sling blames the problem on rising network and programming costs. "what you are watching-the network is not Sling. We have to pay for programmers' channels so that we can provide you with channels, and the prices of programs have been rising. Unfortunately, we have to share these rising prices with you so that we can continue to provide you with the same quality experience as Sling expects." Sling TV president Warren Schliting (Warren Schritting) explained in a blog post.

Not everyone is willing to keep trying. In October, Sony decided to abandon the Internet TV business altogether and announced that PlayStation Vue would be shut down next month. "Unfortunately, in the highly competitive pay-TV industry, content and online transactions are expensive and changing more slowly than we expected," Sony said. "therefore, we decided to continue to focus on our core gaming business." The tone sounds like a failure. It turns out that it is difficult to destroy the TV model. The biggest advantage of these services is that they can be viewed flexibly in more places and on more devices.

In addition to the relatively high monthly rent, there are some new channels. Fox News, MSNBC and HLN have added blue trebuchet. Sling TV also provides 10 hours of free DVR cloud storage space for everyone:

Cloud DVR free feature.

Watch multiple programs or movies recorded at the same time from any Sling device anytime, anywhere, and anywhere.

Fast-forward ads can freely pause, rewind, or fast-forward recorded content (including ads) to save time.

Save recording users can choose when to save the recording, and the recording will not expire.

Favorite channels-subscribers can now record most channels on Sling, including Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Free format, ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network, SEC Network, ESPN load benchmark, ESPN eviction, ESPN Target Line, ESPNEWS and ESPNU. ESPN3, ACC network accessories, SEC network, and local recording are not suitable for recording on Sling at this time.

The automatic management storage Sling automatically manages cloud DVR space by deleting the oldest "viewed" records to make room for new records when capacity is full.

The prices of most Sling TV add-on channel packages are also on the rise. According to the company's press release, "Sports Extra now spends $15 a month on sling orange and Sling Blue sports, and another $10 as additional payment for Sling Orange or Sling Blue. The current price of" 4 additional transactions "is $12 a month, and the price of" all TV transactions "using Sling Orange Sling Blue is now $25 a month. As an add-on to Sling Orange or Sling Blue, the total TV transaction volume remains at $20 per month." There are other considerations:

In addition to supporting Sling Blue service news products, Sling also introduces FOX services in Sling Blue News Extra. Sling is also updating its sporting goods, and BTN will be launched on Sling TV before the 2020-21 college football season. For movies, Sling will introduce FXM and add FXX (including linear feeds) to Sling Blue Hollywood Extra. In addition, Natchono has joined the Blue Heart.

If you can choose Sling Blue or Orange, you can find a list of channels on the company's website, so Sling TV may still be available through cable or its competitors. Unlike YouTube TV and Hulu's live TV service, Sling continues to provide Viacom's network (if you think there's a problem). However, despite the great improvements made this year, Sling's user experience has been surpassed by YouTube, Hulu and other companies. As monthly subscriptions increase, the application itself will need to be further improved to justify recurring bills. It is still the most popular streaming TV service by far, but a large part of it is the price.

Current situation

As we enter 2020, the following is the advertising floor price for the current TV subscription service. For obvious unfortunate reasons, PlayStation Vue was omitted.

Today, the cost of ATT (including home theater) is $65.

Hulu:54.99 dollars with live TV.

Fubo TV: $54.99.

YouTube: 49.99 .

TV watch strap (blue and orange): $45.

TV strap (blue or orange): $30.

Philo TV: $20.

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