DISH TV and SLING TV Bring Premium Spanish-Language Streaming Service ViX+ to Customers

[Scott Greczkowski]

DISH TV and SLING TV Bring Premium Spanish-Language Streaming Service ViX+ to Customers​

July 21, 2022

• Spanish-language streaming service is available on DISH and SLING for $6.99/month
• Seamless user-experience and channel guide integration
• SLING offers ViX+ on all SLING supported devices, including LG and Vizio, as stand-alone service

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) announced the nationwide launch of ViX+ on DISH TV and SLING TV, enabling customers to subscribe to ViX+ directly through its platforms.
ViX+ is the premium tier of ViX, the first large-scale global streaming service created specifically for the Spanish-speaking world, featuring more than 10,000 hours of entertainment programming and 4,000 hours of premium live sports coverage in the U.S. in its first year. ViX+ is the only Spanish-language streaming service in the U.S. with coverage of the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League matches.
Subscribers will have access to more than 70 ViX+ original series and movies in the first year, which represents, on average, at least one new original per week. Exclusive premium original series available at launch include María Felix, La Doña, which tells the story of the beloved Mexican actress and singer, La Mujer del Diablo, a drama about an unconventional love story of obsession and revenge, and Mi Vecino El Cartel, a docuseries executive produced by Selena Gomez that explores how the murder of Juan Guerrero Chapa uncovered the tentacles of the Mexican cartels in the U.S. During the month of July, ViX+ subscribers will also be able to watch global premieres of highly anticipated films, including Mirreyes contra Godinez 2, 'El Retiro' and Enfermo Amor.
"We're excited to expand our robust Spanish-language content offering with the addition of ViX+ available now on DISH and SLING," said Alfredo Rodríguez, vice president, DishLATINO. "Offering consumers a broad range of content has long been a core DISH tenet and the launch of ViX+ to both satellite and streaming customers builds on our longstanding tradition of being the leading provider of Spanish-language programming with more Spanish channels than anyone else."
DISH TV offers ViX+ subscriptions through internet-connected Hopper and Wally devices for $6.99 per month; purchase through the DISH app, online at DISH.com or call 1-855-316-8978.
ViX+ is available as a stand-alone streaming service through the SLING app on all supported devices including Roku, Amazon, LG, Vizio and more for $6.99 per month. Visit Sling.com for more information.
To learn more about ViX+ visit: vixplus.com

 

[pattykay]

Interesting. I have been reporting for the last couple of months here that Dish has been slowly adding the regular Vix TV streaming channels for free to my Locals Only package subscription. These channels appear on collapsible channel 870. The big rollout of these channels started in April, when I noticed it had expanded to 20 channels in that range. Prior to that, there had been a selection of five free channels (when the service was still branded as Prende TV) on collapsible channel 870 that started about a year ago now. Currently, Dish's free Vix TV lineup has 55 channels.

There had been a selection of 16 Vix+ streaming channels available for free temporarily a couple of weeks ago on collapsible channel 871, but those quickly disappeared. I assume that those are part of this new subscription Vix+ premium service. The Vix+ link in the first post seems to list all of the Vix channels, including the ones I already get for free. Are the remaining channels from that list already available as part of the Vix+ subscription, or is Dish still slowly adding those the same way that they slowly added the free Vix channels? Will any additional Vix channels be added to the free (channel 870) lineup, or has that been limited to only the existing set of 55 channels? I note that the Vix app on Roku advertises over 100 Vix channels, all for free. So, I was wondering if Dish is planning to add any more of those, and if so, would they still be free or part of this new premium tier?