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Sling Freestream adds 16 new channels

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The logo of Dish Network's Sling Freestream service. (Graphic by The Desk)
The logo of Dish Network’s Sling Freestream service. (Graphic by The Desk)

Dish Network’s free, ad-supported streaming service Sling Freestream quietly added more than a dozen new content channels this week.

The channels primarily originate from the FilmRise library of content and include re-runs of the Fox reality show “Hell’s Kitchen,” the NBC and CBS surreality program “Unsolved Mysteries” and several Spanish-language feeds.

The 16 new channels added by Sling Freestream this week are:

  • FilmRise Western: Western TV shows and movies
  • Forensic Files (FilmRise): Re-runs of the true crime program
  • Heartland (FilmRise): Re-runs of the Canadian drama
  • Hell’s Kitchen & Kitchen Nightmares (FilmRise): Re-runs of the Fox cooking competition programs
  • History & Warfare Now (MagellanTV): Historic and modern-era war and military documentaries and docuseries
  • MagellanTV Now: Global documetaries and docuseries
  • Space Science Now (MagellanTV): Premium space and science documentary programs
  • True Crime Now (MagellanTV): Documentaries on true crime
  • Unsolved Mysteries (FilmRise): Re-runs of the television program
  • Wild Nature Now (MagellanTV): Nature documentaries
  • ¿Que Pasa, USA?
  • Una Familia Con Suerte
  • Vevo Iconos Latinos
  • Vevo Regional Mexicano

Sling Freestream is available within the Sling TV app, and requires no paid subscription or credit card information to view. It includes a number of other free, ad-supported channels, including ABC News Live, Nosey, Scripps News, Court TV, Shout TV, Buzzr, AMC Thrillers, Cinevault, Fail Army and a handful of streams originating from Paramount Global’s Pluto TV.

Sling Freestream is supported by a wide variety of devices, including most popular smart TVs (RokuAmazon Fire TVApple TV, Android TV/Google TV), phones, tablets and on the Sling TV website.

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Matthew Keys

Matthew Keys is the award-winning founder and editor of TheDesk.net, an authoritative voice on broadcast and streaming TV, media and tech. With over ten years of experience, he's a recognized expert in broadcast, streaming, and digital media, with work featured in publications such as StreamTV Insider and Digital Content Next, and past roles at Thomson Reuters and Disney-ABC Television Group.
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