I just cancelled

  • FlatFootFox@lemmy.world
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    Potentially take a look at Sling TV. They’re selling the same streaming TV service that YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV are, but they’ve structured things slightly differently. They have a “Sling Orange” and “Sling Blue” package which roughly translates to, “Do you want sports or cable news?” They both have an 80% overlap of channels like HGTV and Food Network, but Orange has ESPN and Blue has CNN. If you buy both it costs about the same as YouTube TV, but you save a decent chunk of change if you can forgo one of the packages.

    The only big catch is they don’t carry local stations. If you sign up for 3 months in advance though, they’ll ship you a network connected TV antenna that you can use inside the Sling app to watch local TV. It’s probably not the most parent-friendly solution, but it works for watching one or two event programs a year like the Super Bowl or a debate.

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      Sling TV is solid, you can add extra channels super easily and it doesn’t complain at you if you only keep them for a month. There’s a decent amount of sportsball channels to add on. I just use an antenna for the local channels