Sling TV Fully updated Saturday June 30, 2018. When it launched in February 2015, was the first multichannel live TV service that streamed over the internet. Today it has a lot more competition, but it's still among the cheapest ways to. Just like your cable bill however, live TV streaming is creeping up in price. In late June 2018, Sling finally. Programming costs, or the money Sling has to pay content providers like Disney, which owns ESPN. Even after the price hike Sling TV remains the cheapest way to watch SportsCenter and other ESPN shows live, along with a bunch of other live channels like CNN, AMC, History Channel and Disney Channel.

You can pay more to get additional channels or add a cloud DVR, and if you care more about Fox Sports and NBC than ESPN you can subscribe to a different Sling package entirely. A bunch of services similar to Sling TV also stream live TV channels, including,,, and Fubo TV, all of which start at $35 to $45 per month. They cost more than Sling, mainly because they also carry many of your -- ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC -- while Sling does not. Luma surveillance app for mac not working.

There are also a couple of cheaper services available now, namely ($16 per month) and ($15 per month), but they lack both local channels and sports networks like ESPN and Fox Sports. You're here to learn about Sling TV, however, so I won't dwell on those other services too much. Here's everything you need to know. Sling TV What is Sling TV? Sling TV is service that allows subscribers to watch a collection of live and on-demand TV channels on their TVs, computers, tablets or phones. This is live TV, just like a cable or satellite TV service, except it's streamed over the internet.