Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Broadcasting & Cable
Broadcasting & Cable
Business
Daniel Frankel

Sling TV's Sub Base Hits Its Lowest Level in Nearly 6 Years, Dish Loses Ground vs. YouTube TV in the Race For Streaming Pay TV Scale

Sling TV logo and remote

It's been more than eight and a half years since Dish Network came up with the idea, then novel, to package a skinny bundle of pay TV channels in a cheap, easy-to-sign-up-for, even-easier-to-quit OTT package.

By the fall of 2017, despite a UX that even Dish conceded was pretty terrible, Sling TV had surpassed 2 million paid users. 

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.