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Cable TV is increasingly becoming less of a necessity when it comes to many people’s entertainment consumption habits, making Dish’s US $20-a-month Sling TV platform possibly the future of how we watch television.

The new service is an excellent test case for how willing consumers are to pay for TV channels streamed via the Internet.

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At launch, Sling TV currently features ESPN, ESPN 2, WatchESPN, Travel Channel, Cartoon Network, Galavision, Disney Channel, Food Network, TBS, Adult Swim, TNT, ABC Family and HGTV. AMC, the television network behind popular The Walking Dead series, which also carries IFC, SundanceTV and WE TV, will also be added to Sling TV’s base package in the near future.

An extra US $5-a-month package called “News & Info Extra,” brings HLN, Cooking Channel, DIY Network, Bloomberg and Kids Extra (which also adds Disney Junior, Disney XD, Boomerang, BabyTV, and DuckTV). The service offers an additional US $5-a-month sports plan, which adds SEC Network, ESPNEWS,ESPNU, Universal Sports, Univision Deportes, beIN sports, ESPN Buzzer Beater, EPSN Bases Loaded and ESPN goal Line.