Why choose Sling TV as an alternative to Cable TV?

When choosing cable TV alternatives, one of the most important factor, if not the most important is the list of channels available. 

With sling TV things are not as straightforward as it’s competitors, there are different packages to choose from and things can get confusing pretty easy. 

 

As we have already mentioned in this post, with Sling TV there are three basic Live TV streaming packages; Sling Orange, Sling Blue and Sling Orange + Blue. For $35 per month you can subscribe to either the Orange or Blue package and these offer different selection of channels. 

 

The main difference between the Orange and Blue package appears to be the ESPN network. While Sling Orange has them, and Sling Blue does not. And because the ESPN channels are more expensive for the streaming providers. You will fine that the Orange package that has the ESPN channels has an otherwise stripped down list of channels. 

 

While the Sling Blue package does not offer the ESPN channels, however it does offer more channel for the same price as the Sling Orange package. With Sling Blue your able to get your local NBC or FOX affiliate channels and other channels such as MSNBC, Discover, and Bravo. 

 

The sling Orange + Blue package is $50 per month, $15 more than the base Orange or Blue package on their own. You can save a lot of headache and skip the comparison by simply going for the Sling Orange + Blue package knowing that you will get the channels offered by both packages. 

 

If you want to watch your local ABC and CBS channels with Sling TV your out of luck, as you will notice when looking at the comparison table below only NBC and FOX affiliate channels are offered by the Sling Blue and Sling Orange + Blue packages. 

 

Below you will find a comparison table of the Sling channel packages. If you want to compare Sling’s channel lineup to other streaming TV services, see our side-by-side table.