Sling Apple TV App Launches But It’s US-Only, Canada

At Apple’s WWDC keynote today, they announced Sling would launch for Apple TV 4 users, and it’s finally here. However, Sling TV remains only for users in the United States.

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Sling TV is a multichannel pay-TV streaming service and is accessible from the web or an iOS device, for example. But despite rumours of the service launching in Canada for $20/month, it doesn’t look to be coming anytime soon. Visiting the Sling website shows Canadians the follow message:

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In order to access Sling TV in Canada, users will be required to use a VPN or DNS service, and have a U.S. address to setup their account. It takes some work to setup but if you are able to do it, you’ll be watching channels such as TNT, TBS, CNN, the Cartoon Network, the Food Network, Disney, ESPN, ESPN2 and HGTV.

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Tim
Tim
10 years ago

Sling also added all the Viacom-owned channels today, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, CMT, VH1 and a handful of others

bspence88
bspence88
10 years ago

I’m testing it out. It’s lagging quite a bit. I don’t have issues with HBO Now or the NBC and ABC apps though.

kola
kola
10 years ago

how did you get passed the credit card part. kept getting a message saying card did not match address!

erth
erth
10 years ago

another reason to dislike our government.

sonje
sonje
Reply to  erth
10 years ago

And why do you assume this is the ‘fault’ of government? It’s another reason to dislike the mega-corporations that rule the world.

Franz
Franz
10 years ago

How can you install it from the canadian store?

Gary
Reply to  Franz
10 years ago

It’s not available in the Canadian App Store, you’ll need to create a US iTunes Account. Instructions here: https://www.iphoneincanada.ca/app-store/canada-microsoft-word-flow-keyboard/

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