Dish’s new Sling TV service, which offers online-access to ESPN and other live-TV channels for $20 a month, is still not open to the general public. But on Monday, it added about a dozen Spanish-language channels that will be available to Sling subscribers.
Sling TV, a new online TV service from Dish Network.
The agreement with is for “multi-stream rights for live and Video-On-Demand.” It adds these channels to Sling TV’s lineup:
- Univision Network
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- UDN (Univision Deportes Network)
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- El Rey Network
- Bandamax
- De Película
- De Película Clásico
- Telehit
- tlnovelas
- FOROtv
Dish did not elaborate how the channels will be offered to subscribers. At the moment, Sling TV offers 20 channels for $20 a month. Additional channels targeting kids, news and sports will also be offered for $5 more per month. Right now, interested consumers can only . Dish has not announced a public launch date but said that it has started accepting some customers on a first-come basis.
Dish experimented with this “over the top” service through DishWorld, which features international content. But currently, does not include Univision.
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