The new look is less about channels—and more about sports, movies, and shows.
CES may stand for “Consumer Electronics Show,” but the most intriguing launch at last year’s event wasn’t a piece of consumer electronics. Instead, it was Sling TV—a streaming service from Dish that looks a lot like cable TV, except that it starts at $20 a month, lets you add bundles of additional channels in $5 increments, and is available on smartphones, tablets, Roku, Xbox, and other devices rather than wedded to a particular TV.
