Dish to launch Sling TV, an Internet TV service starting at $20 a month

Dish to launch Sling TV, an Internet TV service starting at $20 a month

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/dish-launch-sling-tv-internet-tv-service-starting-20-month' title="Dish to launch Sling TV, an Internet TV service starting at $20 a month"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/large/public/article_images/2015/01/sling-guide.jpg?itok=mTHQ6Hc1' />[/url]</p> <p><a href="http://www.imore.com/ces2015" alt="#CESlive 2015"><img src="http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/field/image/2014/12/badges-ces-IM.jpg" class="badge-left" />[/url]</p> <p>Satellite TV provider Dish has just announced Sling TV as part of its CES 2015 plans. The Internet-based television service will offer a selection of cable TV networks to a variety of platforms and devices with prices starting at $20 a month.</p>  <p>Sling TV (not to be confused with the Slingbox television set-top box) will launch sometime in the first quarter of 2015. Dish says:</p>

<p>Priced at $20 per month, "The Best of Live TV" core package includes 12 Nielsen-rated sports, lifestyle, family and news networks: ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, ABC Family and CNN. This package additionally features an array of Video-On-Demand entertainment and the best of online video with unique content from Maker Studios, the global leader in online short-form video.</p> <p>Consumers can tailor their experience with add-on packs for access to additional programming, at $5 per month. Sling TV will offer a "Kids Extra" add-on with Disney Junior, Disney XD, Boomerang, Baby TV and Duck TV, and a "News & Info Extra" add-on with HLN, Cooking Channel, DIY and Bloomberg TV. A "Sports Extra" package is coming soon.</p>