HBO Joins Sling TV Today
April 09 2015 - 9:42AM
Business Wire
- Available across all Sling TV-supported
devices: Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, current-generation
Roku players, Roku TV models, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Macs,
PCs
- Priced at $15 per month when customers
sign up for “Best of Live TV” or select Sling International
programming packages
- Sling TV to offer customers three
additional streams dedicated to HBO viewing
Sling TV today added HBO to its programming lineup for $15 per
month, making it the only live Internet TV service to offer HBO’s
content on both a linear and Video-On-Demand basis.
Sling TV today added HBO to its
programming lineup for $15 per month. (Photo: HBO)
In time for the “Game of Thrones” and “Silicon Valley” season
premieres on April 12, HBO is now available to subscribers of Sling
TV’s “Best of Live TV” core package or select Sling International
programming packages. Customers can watch HBO on all Sling
TV-supported devices including: Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick,
current-generation Roku players and Roku TV models, Xbox One,
Android and iOS devices, and Macs and PCs.
“We continue to give TV lovers the content they want on the
devices they already own,” said Roger Lynch, CEO of Sling TV. “We
know Sling TV is the only way most of our customers can watch HBO
shows like ‘Game of Thrones’ live. Adding HBO’s live and extensive
on-demand content to our lineup highlights our continued commitment
to bringing customers the very best programming.”
The new offering features HBO’s main live channel and will
include the same VOD library HBO provides on its other platforms;
Sling TV will begin adding HBO’s VOD titles today. Sling TV will
also provide its customers with access to three streams of HBO, in
addition to the single-stream dedicated to its core and add-on
packages. Multi-stream functionality for HBO will be added to
customer accounts on a rolling basis starting today.
Sling TV’s “Best of Live TV” $20 core package delivers ESPN,
ESPN2, AMC, A&E, TNT, HISTORY, H2, TBS, Food Network, HGTV,
Travel Channel, IFC, El Rey, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, ABC
Family, Disney Channel, CNN, Lifetime and Galavision. This package
additionally features access to WatchESPN, including ESPN3 and an
array of VOD entertainment. Customers can choose to tailor their
entertainment experience with the addition of HBO for $15 per
month, or with the optional “Sports Extra,” “Hollywood Extra,”
“Kids Extra,” “Lifestyle Extra” and “World News Extra” add-ons,
each priced at $5 per month. In addition to live channels and VOD
entertainment, Sling TV customers have access to content from Maker
Studios.
About Sling TV
Sling TV L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation
(NASDAQ: DISH), provides over-the-top television services including
domestic and international live and Video-On-Demand programming. It
is available on televisions, tablets, computers and smartphones.
The Sling TV programming portfolio includes content from
Disney/ESPN, HBO, AMC, Turner, Scripps, EPIX, Univision and Maker
Studios. Sling International (formerly DishWorld) currently
provides close to 200 channels in 18 languages across multiple
devices to U.S. households. Sling TV is a next-generation service
that meets the entertainment needs of today’s contemporary viewers.
Visit www.Sling.com.
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