HBO is reportedly coming to Sling TV
Satellite provider Dish has reached a new distribution deal with Turner Broadcasting, which will keep networks like TBS, TNT, CNN, and Cartoon Network available for its customers. But there’s bigger news. According to The Wall Street Journal, this latest agreement also includes rights to offer HBO in new ways. Sling TV customers will reportedly be able to subscribe to the network as part of that internet TV service. It almost certainly won’t be part of the $20 monthly base fee, and we have to imagine HBO will command more than the $5 Sling usually charges for extra channels.
Dish has also secured itself the option of selling HBO’s standalone subscription video service, HBO Now. If Dish opts to become a distributor for Now (which…
Source:: The Verge
