First there was DISH Network's Sling TV. Then Sony's PlayStation Vue. Now, it looks like Disney and FOX are looking to get into the cord-cutting game, as a new report hints that Hulu could be on its way to launching a live streaming Internet television service next year.
Sling TV just announced it has added local live broadcasts from Univision and UniMás to its Spanish-language OTT streaming service, Sling Latino. It's a first for the company and a sign of how it might evolve next.
While DirecTV and DISH have both leveraged their established pay-TV businesses to launch OTT (over-the-top) Internet streaming TV aimed at Latino audiences earlier this year, one year-old startup KlowdTV has decided to enter the fray by adding an assortment of 29 Spanish-language channels to its micro-bundle Internet TV selection.
The first true Internet TV OTT (over-the-top) streaming subscription service in the U.S., DirecTV's Yaveo, was aimed squarely at Latinos. Now that audience of tech-savvy cord cutters has proved valuable enough for the budding industry's leader, DISH's Sling TV, to create its own special Latino branded service.
It's still the early days of over the top television (OTT or Internet TV), which means the field is still wide open for innovation and less-established players can make a splash. One of those new players is TuYo, billed as the first Internet TV service for Latino millennials, built and owned by Latinos, which is set to launch in the coming weeks.
Apple TV is going to be delayed due to local TV negotiations. The online TV service wants to stream local programming as well as national network channels.
DISH Network's Sling TV continues to improve its path blazing Internet TV subscription service, and continues to go after cord-cutting or "cord-never" Latino audiences, with two big additions this week: a new app for Android TV (i.e., the Google Nexus Player), and the addition of ESPN Deportes to its add-on pack for Spanish-speaking live sports nuts.
Each add-on pack can be purchased for $5 per month Sling TV launched two Latino add-on packs to their core package Friday. These two add-ons, one for sports and one for movies and telenovelas, will cost an additional $5 per month, in addition to the $20 per month core package, according to an emailed press release from Sling TV.
Sling TV, the potentially game changing Internet TV package for cord cutters by DISH Network, just added a new platform, new extras, and more content to its core package, which costs $20 per month for live streaming and on demand TV.
Dish’s Sling TV offers TNT, TBS, HGTV, ESPN, ESPN2 and many more popular cable networks. Dish Network's streaming content subscription service Sling TV announced Wednesday the addition of two more channels, AMC and IFC, which are now part of its $20 core package aimed at customers who want to leave cable, reports TechCrunch.
The battle for the cord-cutting, Internet savvy Latino viewer is heating up, as DISH network's Sling TV announced this week it would be adding Univision Spanish-language content to its live and on-demand Internet TV lineup.
The Consumer Electronics Show is wrapping up its week in Las Vegas, and while the majority of the focus is (obviously) consumer electronics, these three big can't-miss announcements dominated the headlines for CES 2015.
