Sling Com Activate

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Univision channels go dark on Dish Network and
Sling TV due to contract impasse
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Is Univision coming back to sling TV?

• A failure in negotiation on the part of Dish TV
  and Univision channels has resulted in the
  removal of three Spanish language channels from
  Dish Networks satellite television system.
  Moreover, they have also been removed from the
  Sling Com Activate streaming service of the Dish
  TV network.
• While it is not clear how long this blackout of
  the Univision channels will last but going by the
  looks of what happened on the negotiation table
  where both the parties failed to even reach an
  agreement on the two week contract expansion, it
  seems the road is going to be very long for the
  viewers of Univision channels.

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Reason for the blackout

• It has been alleged by the Dish TV Network that
  the Univision Communication group has demanded a
  75 per cent hike in their fees for their Spanish
  language channels so that they can be brought
  closer to the fees charged by the English
  language channels like ABC, NBC and others, even
  though the ratings of their shows has been
  suffering for quite some time.
• This according to the Dish Sling TV Activate
  group have been termed as untenable demands on
  the part of the Univision Communications. This
  has also led to Dish cancelling the contraction
  expansion for a couple of weeks, which would have
  allowed both the companies to reach at a mutually
  agreed new contract.

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Univisions response

• On the other hand, Univision has latched out at
  Dish TV network alleging that Dish TVs 68
  broadcast blackouts since 2010 are significantly
  more than any other distributor in that time and
  expected Dish to take their negotiations and its
  commitment to Hispanic consumers seriously.
• The company also said that it is ready to
  continue negotiating with Dish Sling TV
  Activation that it can restore service for
  customers missing out on their coverage of the
  Mexican presidential election, which many have
  remarked as the biggest election in Mexican
  history.

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Sling TV is increasing Sling Orange, its channel
package with ESPN, to 25
A decade earlier, cable TV providers were ruling
the roost as they were the sole providers and had
monopoly over the pricing and the content people
could get to watch on their television sets.
However, lately, this trend has reversed as the
popularity of streaming services have been
growing with an improvement in internet
connectivity. Amongst the cheapest streaming
services that are there to choose from, Sling TV
seems to win the race against its competitors.
With the base price hovering around the 20 to
25 mark, Sling TV is possibly the best bet for
any TV consumer to cut the cable TV
chord. Basically there are two types of
subscriptions, Sling Orange and Sling Blue.
Recently, the parent company Dish TV had
decided to increase the rates of Sling Orange
thereby making it expensive by 5 which is
effective immediately. Sling Orange includes
channels like ESPN, Disney AMC, Comedy central.
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Reason for the hike
The company officials are blaming the hike in the
rate of Sling Orange on the networks and the
content providers. Hence, they had to pass it on
to the end consumers. Moreover, the president of
Sling Com Activate has made statement which
points to the fact that the programming fees is
going to rise further. However, there seems to
be a silver lining in this rate hike as Sling TV
today announced that its now offering several
different types of content without requiring a
base monthly subscription. Moreover, a new Watch
Now row is being added to the home screen that
includes ad-sponsored content that the
subscribers can watch for free. Its coming first
to Roku and then to other devices later on. Also,
Watch Now offering more than 100 hours of popular
TV shows and movies, including Wrecked, At Home
with Amy Sedaris, Good Behavior, Flip or Flop and
more.
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