I found it interesting that Sling didn't pick up Animal Planet from the Discovery group. While it could pass on OWN, lacking Animal Planet is just about the same as lacking Nickelodeon. Animal Planet is actually in more homes and a bigger channel than DIY. And DIY is planned to be shut down, yet Sling has DIY and not Animal Planet.
Does Dish Network (that owns Sling) intentionally not want to make Sling too good, so that folks that want better, go with satellite to Dish Network?
I really don't understand the strategies there, but even Sling is struggling to grow:
Dish bleeds more pay-TV subscribers, Sling TV disappoints - Reuters
Anyways, I wonder with Disney now owning FX and National Geographic - channels in the Sling Blue while all other Disney channels are segregated in Sling Orange, if there will be changes (via pressure from Disney) to the base packages (and likely price increases).