Put the knife down and take a green herb, dude. (c) Ruffin Bailey 2001-2021

Sling just added another base package to its stable. There are now two, which I'll call...

Sling for ABC -- The Original
1. ESPN
2. ESPN2
3. Disney
Sling for FOX -- New
1. Fox (normal, OTA Fox)
2. FX
3. Fox Sports 1
4. Regional Fox sports channels

That last one is the game changer. Forget being able to stream three places at a time, having your regional sports for $20 is a huge deal. It used to be that you'd pay $120-$300 a season to watch out-of-area teams, but you had to pay full price for bundled cable to get your local games. Regional sports are insanely expensive.

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Sunday Ticket -- Full bundle plus $250
NBA League pass -- No bundle plus...
- $200 for all out-of-area
- $120 for a single team
MLB.tv -- No bundle plus
- $85 for a single team
- $110 for all out-of-area

The important take home is that cable and dish bundles with regional sports teams ran $60 and up a month. So for your typical season of four months or so, you're paying $240 to get in the local sports door, which is more than you paid to watch every other team.

Now, who cares about local blackouts? Just pay $20 a month and watch. I can finally watch Hornets and Braves (so Nats against Braves) for a fair price.

The launch of our new multistream service is exciting for a lot of reasons, but one in particular for baseball fans: along with FOX and FX, subscribers to the Sling TV Beta Multi-Stream service will have access to more sports than you can swing a Louisville Slugger at with FOX Sports 1, and applicable FOX-owned Regional Sports Networks (RSNs).

YES! When you sign up for the Sling TV Beta Multi-Stream service, your billing zip code will determine which FOX RSNs you’ll have access to. Baseball season just got a whole lot better!

Here are the teams featured on the various FOX Sports Local channels:

FOX Sports Arizona – Diamondbacks
FOX Sports Detroit – Tigers
FOX Sports Florida/Sun – Marlins, Devil Rays
FOX Sports Midwest – Cardinals, Royals
FOX Sports North – Brewers, Twins
FOX Sports Cincinnati – Reds
FOX Sports West/Prime Ticket – Angels
FOX Sports San Diego – Padres
FOX Sports South/Southeast – Braves
FOX Sports Southwest – Rangers
Sportstime Ohio – Indians
YES – Yankees
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But if you want ESPN, you're back to shelling out another $20. And if you want ESPN U and ESPN News, that's 20+5 = $25 a month more. Unless you can really eat just one from the a la carte line, you're right back in cable's lap. And if you don't have a Fox regional network, well, I'm sorry. That continues to stink.

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Thursday, April 14, 2016
Regional Sports for Cord Cutters! Sling just added another base package to its stable. There are now two, which I'll call... Sling for ABC -- The Original ESPN ESPN2 Disney Sling for FOX -- New Fox (normal, OTA Fox) FX Fox Sports 1 Regional Fox sports channels That last one is the game changer. Forget being able to stream three places at a time, having your regional sports for $20 is a huge deal. It used to be that you'd pay $120-$300 a season to watch out-of-area teams, but you had to pay full price for bundled cable to get your local games. Regional sports are insanely expensive. Sunday Ticket -- Full bundle plus $250 NBA League pass -- No bundle plus... $200 for all out-of-area $120 for a single team MLB.tv -- No bundle plus $85 for a single team $110 for all out-of-area The important take home is that cable and dish bundles with regional sports teams ran $60 and up a month. So for your typical season of four months or so, you're paying $240 to get in the local sports door, which is more than you paid to watch every other team. Now, who cares about local blackouts? Just pay $20 a month and watch. I can finally watch Hornets and Braves (so Nats against Braves) for a fair price. The launch of our new multistream service is exciting for a lot of reasons, but one in particular for baseball fans: along with FOX and FX, subscribers to the Sling TV Beta Multi-Stream service will have access to more sports than you can swing a Louisville Slugger at with FOX Sports 1, and applicable FOX-owned Regional Sports Networks (RSNs). YES! When you sign up for the Sling TV Beta Multi-Stream service, your billing zip code will determine which FOX RSNs you’ll have access to. Baseball season just got a whole lot better! Here are the teams featured on the various FOX Sports Local channels: FOX Sports Arizona – Diamondbacks FOX Sports Detroit – Tigers FOX Sports Florida/Sun – Marlins, Devil Rays FOX Sports Midwest – Cardinals, Royals FOX Sports North – Brewers, Twins FOX Sports Cincinnati – Reds FOX Sports West/Prime Ticket – Angels FOX Sports San Diego – Padres FOX Sports South/Southeast – Braves FOX Sports Southwest – Rangers Sportstime Ohio – Indians YES – Yankees [emph mine] But if you want ESPN, you're back to shelling out another $20. And if you want ESPN U and ESPN News, that's 20+5 = $25 a month more. Unless you can really eat just one from the a la carte line, you're right back in cable's lap. And if you don't have a Fox regional network, well, I'm sorry. That continues to stink. Labels: sling, TV posted by ruffin at 4/14/2016 09:57:00 AM

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