By Phillip Swann
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Sling TV has joined YouTube TV, DIRECTV Stream and Fubo as live streaming services that now offer select live sporting events in 4K.
The Dish-owned streamer says Sling Blue subscribers tonight (July 16, 8 p.m. ET) can watch the Fox upscaled 4K broadcast of the 2024 MLB All-Star Game. Later this month, Sling Blue subs will also be able to watch NBC’s upscaled 4K broadcast of the 2024 Paris Olympics Games.
(Fox and NBC are available in the Sling Blue package. Subscribers of the Sling Orange package will be able to watch ESPN’s 4K broadcasts when they are available. Sling Blue and Sling Orange each cost $40 a month in most markets. You can get both packages combined for $55 a month.)
There are a few caveats to the Sling 4K announcement. One, 4K programming will only be available in the following markets:
Atlanta
Austin/Houston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New York
Orlando
Oakland
Philadelphia
Phoenix
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, D.C.
Two, a Sling subscriber will only be able to watch 4K with the following Roku and Fire TV devices:
Roku 4K
Roku Stream Bar
Roku Ultra
Roku Express 4K+ / Streaming Stick 4K+
4K Roku TV
Fire TV
Fire TV Stick 4K, 4K Max, and the Fire TV Cube
Sling says more 4K-enabled streaming devices will be added in the future.
The streamer says the select live sports programming that will be available in 4K will include college football and basketball, NBA and NFL games, MLB postseason and World Series games, and U.S. Open tennis.
After the All-Star Game, Sling says subscribers will soon be able to record 4K events with the Sling DVR in the cloud. There will be no additional cost to watch or record programming in 4K.
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