Sling TV, the internet-streaming division of Dish Network, is doubling down on free, ad-supported streaming television (Fast) and free, ad-supported VOD — looking to beef up its offering for consumers who balk at paying a monthly subscription fee.
The redubbed Sling Freestream is launching with 210 free channels and 41,000-plus on-demand titles. It’s a rebranding — and expansion— of Sling Free, which has been its free, live TV streaming service with some 150 channels and AVOD selections. In addition, Sling Freestream users can subscribe to more than 50 standalone streaming services, including AMC+, Discovery+, MGM+ and Paramount’s Showtime.
With Freestream, Sling is trying to lower the barrier to entry even further, by eliminating the requirement that users create an account to be able to start streaming free content. And by the end of this spring, Sling Freestream is on track to offer more than 400 channels, said Gary Schanman, group president of Sling TV.
The redubbed Sling Freestream is launching with 210 free channels and 41,000-plus on-demand titles. It’s a rebranding — and expansion— of Sling Free, which has been its free, live TV streaming service with some 150 channels and AVOD selections. In addition, Sling Freestream users can subscribe to more than 50 standalone streaming services, including AMC+, Discovery+, MGM+ and Paramount’s Showtime.
With Freestream, Sling is trying to lower the barrier to entry even further, by eliminating the requirement that users create an account to be able to start streaming free content. And by the end of this spring, Sling Freestream is on track to offer more than 400 channels, said Gary Schanman, group president of Sling TV.
- 2/9/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Dish’s Sling TV on Thursday launched a new free advertising-supported streaming television (Fast) service dubbed Sling Freestream.
Kicking off with 210+ free channels and 41,000+ on-demand titles, it will also allow consumers to upgrade to premium pay TV with one click, with Dish touting that it was pioneering “unparalleled flexibility between paid and Fast TV.”
The company previously provided Sling Free, a free, live TV streaming service with around 150 channels and selective advertising VOD offerings.
Unveiled on Sling’s eighth anniversary and “National Cut the Cord Day,” Freestream is available through the Sling app on Roku devices and is also being rolled out across LG, Samsung, Vizio and other devices, “providing customers a no-barrier entry point to high-quality programming without any payment or credit card required,” the company said.
“Sling Freestream is a great new service that helps meet consumers’ evolving needs,” said Gary Schanman, group president, Sling TV. “We know some people want free content,...
Kicking off with 210+ free channels and 41,000+ on-demand titles, it will also allow consumers to upgrade to premium pay TV with one click, with Dish touting that it was pioneering “unparalleled flexibility between paid and Fast TV.”
The company previously provided Sling Free, a free, live TV streaming service with around 150 channels and selective advertising VOD offerings.
Unveiled on Sling’s eighth anniversary and “National Cut the Cord Day,” Freestream is available through the Sling app on Roku devices and is also being rolled out across LG, Samsung, Vizio and other devices, “providing customers a no-barrier entry point to high-quality programming without any payment or credit card required,” the company said.
“Sling Freestream is a great new service that helps meet consumers’ evolving needs,” said Gary Schanman, group president, Sling TV. “We know some people want free content,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Stephen Dwoskin was charismatic with a sometimes menacing physical presence, yet he could be surprisingly shy and gentle. I first met him in 1977 when he was part of a group of independent film-makers including Marc Karlin, Diane Tammes and others from the Berwick Street Collective who were campaigning to save the Other Cinema as a venue for avant-garde films and as film distributors.
They had applied to the BBC2 public-access series Open Door to make a film, wanting something that not only defended the cinema but would also in itself challenge the television orthodoxies of the day. I was the BBC producer assigned to the project and when we first met, Steve barely looked me in the eye and seemed to be constantly making comments just out of my hearing. It became clear how little respect he had for the norms of mainstream TV and assumed I would be trying...
They had applied to the BBC2 public-access series Open Door to make a film, wanting something that not only defended the cinema but would also in itself challenge the television orthodoxies of the day. I was the BBC producer assigned to the project and when we first met, Steve barely looked me in the eye and seemed to be constantly making comments just out of my hearing. It became clear how little respect he had for the norms of mainstream TV and assumed I would be trying...
- 8/30/2012
- by Giles Oakley
- The Guardian - Film News
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