Sling TV subscription a good streaming option for cord cutters

Editor’s note:

If you’re tired of paying a big cable bill each month, you may find that cutting the cord and subscribing to Sling TV is a great money-saving solution in 2022.

This live TV streaming service is an option for people looking to leave the cable company behind for good. Others include Youtube TV and Hulu + Live TV.

Sling offers two starkly different channel packages: Blue and Orange. Each starts at $35 per month, but the best deal for the service may be to get both packages for $50 per month.

The biggest difference in channel selection appears to be the ESPN family of networks. Sling Orange

has them, and Sling Blue does not. Since ESPN channels are expensive for the streaming providers, the Orange package has an otherwise stripped-down menu.

Sling Blue doesn’t offer ESPN channels, but it offers more channel options for the same price. Instead of ESPN, you’re able to get channels such as Fox News, MSNBC, Discovery, Bravo and your local NBC or Fox affiliates.

You can purchase either

Blue or Orange as a standalone product for $35 per month. If you’d like the benefits of both, you can buy the combination package (Orange + Blue) for $50 per month. (You may be able to qualify for a discounted rate as a new user. For example, Sling recently offered one month of service for $10 to get things started.)

Sling’s pricing has caught the attention of money expert Clark Howard. It’s $15-$30 per month cheaper than its top live TV streaming competitors, which have settled into the $65 per month range.

Clark is not currently a Sling TV subscriber, but he says he would seriously consider it as a cost-saving measure if not for the other members of his family: They strongly prefer the functionality of Youtube TV.