Sling Latino Launches New CARIBE Pack; NBCUniverso Joins ‘Best of Spanish TV’
June 30 2016 - 8:33AM
Business Wire
- Sling TV first to launch
region-specific Latino packages
- CARIBE, focusing on Caribbean content,
features programming from CUBAMAX TV and WAPA América, now
available for $10/mo. as a standalone service
- NBCUniverso joins $10/mo. ‘Best of
Spanish TV’
- Multi-service discount available for
all Sling Latino packages
Sling Latino announced the launch of a new CARIBE regional
programming pack, featuring novelas, movies, comedies, variety
shows, children’s programming and music videos from Cuba, Puerto
Rico and coming soon, the Dominican Republic. Sling Latino also
debuted pricing and packaging changes across its Spanish-language
service.
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One of the highlights of CUBAMAX TV is
the show Vivir del Cuento, featuring the comedian and actor Luís
Silva, aka “Pánfilo.” Vivir del Cuento has been named “Most Popular
Show in Cuba” for several years. (Photo: Business Wire)
“We continue to improve the consumer experience by launching
region-specific programming and simplifying our pricing across
Sling Latino,” said Jose Romero, general manager of marketing,
Sling Latino. “Our CARIBE regional package is the first of its kind
and an important step toward delivering the most diverse, flexible
and affordable programming anywhere.”
Sling Latino Pricing Updates
Today, Sling Latino simplified the pricing of its packages:
- “Best of Spanish TV” (formerly “Paquete
Total”), “Colombia” and “España” are now each $10 per month as
standalone packages or $5 per month when combined with a “Sling
Orange” (single-stream service) or “Sling Blue” (multi-stream
service) subscription.
- Customers who subscribed to “Deportes
Extra” or “Películas and Novelas Extra” will now receive more
channels at no additional cost with the Best of Spanish TV
package.
- Sling Latino also introduced
multi-service discounts. Customers subscribing to Best of Spanish
TV can add any Sling Latino regional pack for $5 more per month.
Additionally, customers subscribing to Sling Orange or Sling Blue
can add any Sling Latino standalone package to their service for $5
more per month.
Sling Latino Programming Updates
CARIBE is available today for $10 per month when purchased as a
standalone package, and is available for $5 per month when added to
Best of Spanish TV, Sling Orange or Sling Blue services. Sling
Latino will expand its regional package offerings in the coming
months. For more information on channels included in CARIBE, visit
blog.sling.com.
Sling Latino also expanded its Best of Spanish TV lineup to
include NBCUniverso, in addition to programming currently available
from AZ Cinema, AZ Clic, Azteca, Azteca Corazón, BabyTV, Bandamax,
beIN Sports, beIN Sports en Español, Cbeebies, Cine Sony,
Cinelatino, De Película, De Película Clásico, ESPN Deportes
(single-stream only), FOROtv, Galavisión, NTN24, Pasiones,
Telefórmula, Telehit, TeLe-Romantica, UniMás, Univision, Univision
Deportes and Univision tlnovelas.
Additional Sling TV updates
In addition to the Sling Latino CARIBE launch and new pricing,
Sling TV also made changes to its single-stream and multi-stream
services, now Sling Orange and Sling Blue:
- The Sling TV Beta multi-stream service
has exited beta and is now available to new customers as “Sling
Blue” for $25 per month.
- Customers who signed up during the beta
phase will receive the additional channels found in Sling Blue and
their price will remain $20 per month with their current
subscription.
- Sling TV’s single-stream service, now
called Sling Orange, remains priced at $20 per month.
Sling TV also debuted NBCUniversal and BBC America networks
across its Sling Orange and Sling Blue services. For more
information about these changes, visit blog.sling.com.
About Sling TV
Sling TV L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation
(NASDAQ: DISH), provides over-the-top television services,
including domestic and international live and on-demand
programming. It is available on televisions, tablets, computers,
smartphones and other streaming devices. Sling TV offers two
streaming services, which collectively include more than 100
channels and programming content from Disney/ESPN (Sling Orange
only), Fox (Sling Blue only), NBC (Sling Blue only), HBO®, AMC,
A&E, Turner, Scripps, Viacom, EPIX and Univision. Additionally,
Sling Latino offers a suite of standalone and add-on
Spanish-language programming packages tailored to English-dominant,
bilingual and Spanish-dominant U.S. households. Sling International
currently provides more than 250 channels in 20 languages across
multiple devices to U.S. households. Sling TV is a next-generation
service that meets the entertainment needs of today’s contemporary
viewers. Visit www.Sling.com.
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