100,000 subs 1st month

[wallyhts]

Re/code

Sources say at least 100,000 people have signed up to check out the $20-a-month service.

Link Below

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

http://recode.net/2015/03/05/sling-...-at-least-100000-sign-ups-in-its-first-month/

 

[wallyhts]

I'm impressed Wow hats off to dish

The best part of slingtv is that they have a Louisville player on front lol.

 

[T134]

I bet adding AMC and Epix really gets those numbers growing. I just switched mine over from the news add on to the hollywood one since I don't have Epix on Comcast. If/when they add BBC America it could really be a decent package for $20-$30 a month.

 

[whitewolf8214]

Re/code: Sling TV has 100,000 subscribers in first month
Mar 5 2015, 18:55 ET | By: Jason Aycock, SA News Editor

So far, Sling TV -- Dish Network's (NASDAQISH) direct over-the-top subscription service streaming live TV for $20/month -- is turning out as popular as you would think "unbundled ESPN" might.
The service has been online just a month but has drawn 100,000 subscribers, Re/code reports.

http://seekingalpha.com/news/235087...r:66124386694f3b00ac54cbb331aadf2c#email_link

 

[TheKrell]

Huh. I would have expected many more! But you can't sneeze at a gross of $2M/mo, regardless.

 

[navychop]

I'm surprised they didn't start it off more low key, to work out bugs.

 

[MikeD-C05]

That article restates that if the Sling pack gets too popular that Espn can pull out of the ott service. I wonder how many subs would be considered too popular?

 

[Claude Greiner]

I could care less if they signed up 200,000. The question is how many will be left in 4 months.

 

[wallyhts]

That article restates that if the Sling pack gets too popular that Espn can pull out of the ott service. I wonder how many subs would be considered too popular?

I would guess 10% of dish sat subs so about 1.4 million in a year also over 10 million subs would get the plug pulled I bet.

 

[T134]

I think I read somewhere that the Turner deal had a 5 million cap where they could re-negotiate or something. I'd bet ESPN is even lower.

 

[Mr Tony]

how many people have cancelled after signing up?

 

[mike123abc]

how many people have cancelled after signing up?

Hopefully Dish will give us the number in their quarterly reports. Of course we have to wait for it...

 

[am7crew]

Exactly, remember it was free for 7 days, so of course a lot of people signed up to test it. Curious to see how many cancelled before or right after the 7 day trial was up.

 

[wallyhts]

I still have mine and it's like burning a $20 spot in the front yard. I don't watch that much.

 

[T134]

I still have mine and it's like burning a $20 spot in the front yard. I don't watch that much.

Next to the tree?

I'm keeping it (for now) for A3 testing. Switched from news extra to the hollywood extra hoping Epix would have something I don't already have with Comcast and Netflix. Sofar seen everything on those channels and/or have it on Netflix.

If I didn't get the free Comcast TV I probably would get decent use out of Sling for personal.

 

[Claude Greiner]

This is nothing more than a toy for most people. Most took the free trial, and lots forgot to cancel.

We shall see the real numbers in a few months.

This should be free with your dish subscription if you already subscribe to the channels offered

 

[navychop]

If you already had the channels, why would you want them "again?"

Good schtick to get subs early, but as you say, time will tell.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I'm surprised they didn't start it off more low key, to work out bugs.

They have been testing it for over 4 years as
DISH World.

 

[Stargazer]

That is pretty impressive to start. Their growth may increase beyond that as time goes on with increased popularity and referrals to the company.