"The best value in TV today is Sling TV plus free live locals," said Jon Lin, VP of product for Sling TV. Sling TV is available as an app on LG Smart TVs.
It allows consumers to access their local broadcast networks. Sling TV is an American streaming television service operated by Sling TV LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dish Network. This is the second smart TV app for Sling TV, a streaming service from satellite company Dish. Roku, meanwhile, is doing something similar with its fast-developing live/linear program guide, surfacing OTA channels alongside licensed live/linear networks within the app’s guide. The Sling-LG partnership provides a channel-tuning feature on all 2020 LG OLED and LG NanoCell TVs. Local channels are then accessed through app from network-situated devices ranging from iOS smart phones to Roku streaming boxes and sticks. If you do have a 2020 LG model, then supposedly you can see the OTA channels integrated in the Sling app, but not from the AirTV.
I use a streaming stick on mine because LG doesn't have HBOMax app either (when I do subscribe to it). I have a 2019 65' LG and was disappointed as well. Last year, for instance, they debuted the AirTV 2, a device that connects to an antenna and sits on the user’s WiFi network. Yep, you'll find the same for Xbox/PC app.
If Sling were to license ubiquitous local access to the major broadcasters on all of its tiers as, say, YouTube TV has, its price point would be a lot closer to $65 a month than $30.ĭish and Sling have been working on porting OTA channels into the app environment for several years. SLING TV, the most flexible live streaming service, today announced a feature that integrates free, local over-the-air (OTA) broadcast channels into the SLING TV guide on 2020 LG Smart televisions. Follow the steps below to download the Sling TV app: Start by returning to your LG home screen by pressing the Home button on your remote. ABC is available on both tiers as a $5-a-month “broadcast extra” add-on.ĬBS locals aren’t licensed at all by Sling TV. It has a slightly different, more news- and less-sports focused selection of cable networks, with no ESPN. Orange comes with ESPN, but no local broadcast networks.