Sling TV now prices $40 a month, the fourth value hike in 5 years

If you’re paying Dish to stream stay TV channels over the web, put together for the next invoice but once more: the corporate’s Sling TV streaming service is elevating costs by $5 a month for the fourth time in 5 years. Sling Orange and Sling Blue pay TV packages will now value $40 a month every — up from $35 beforehand — and also you’ll pay $55 for the bundle with each Orange and Blue.

Existing subscribers ought to see the value will increase on the primary invoice they get after December third; new clients must pay the upper fee beginning at present.

Below, discover a fast chart I whipped up with the historical past of Sling TV’s value hikes; notably, the corporate promised to not increase costs in 2020 through the early days of the pandemic, and it saved that promise. But month-to-month costs have gone up $5 per yr virtually each different yr since its debut, and also you’ll must resolve if its rising record of channels and options is definitely worth the ever-increasing value. (I pay for my father-in-law’s Sling subscription, so we’ll be having a chat this month.)

Sling TV is far from alone in elevating costs to such a level, after all. Most streaming companies have performed one thing related. As one instance, Netflix’s costs have additionally practically doubled since day one — greater than doubled in the event you stream in 4K. Though you do now have the choice of an ad-supported Netflix tier that, at $6.99 monthly, prices lower than the 2011 authentic.