Review: Sling TV International Channels
Sling TV international packages feature more than 200 channels in over 20 languages. These include Arabic, Bangla, Bengali, Brazilian, Cantonese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Kannada, Malayalam, Mandarin, Marathi, Polish, Punjabi, Taiwanese, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
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About Sling
Sling TV is an online, live TV streaming service provider. Their main packages are their "Orange" and "Blue" packages, which feature English programming.
The best part about Sling TV's International packages is that they're standalone packages. This means you won't need to subscribe to their English language programming just to access their international package.
Arabic
The Sling TV Arabic package, also known as Arabic Mosaic, has 120+ channels, which include popular channels such as Shahid, Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera Mubasher, MBC, MEA TV, Trace Sports Stars, and many others. You can choose to subscribe monthly, every four months, or annually.
You can view the full channel list here.
Bangla
Sling TV's "Bangla Super" package has 60+ channels, and includes NTV Bangla, ATN Bangla, Zee Purvaya, FightBox HD, and many others. If you enjoy watching cricket, the package also has Willow HD and Willow XTRA, which are 24/7 dedicated cricket channels featuring international cricket games and tournaments.
The Bangla Super package only has a monthly and annual subscription. You can view the full channel list here.
Bengali
The Bengali package has 55+ channels, and has channels like Rengoni, Zee Bangla, Zee Bangla Cinema, Total TV, Suddi TV, India Today, and many others. For sports, it has the Willow and beIN Sports channels as well.
Users can choose to subscribe to the Bengali package either monthly or annually. For a full list of the Bengali package channels, click here.
Brazilian
When it comes to the Brazilian package, Sling TV offers several options. Users can either subscribe to the basic "Brazilian" package, which has 20+ channels, or the "Brazil PFC + TV Globo" package, which has 20+ channels also, but includes the PFC channel - a dedicated 24/7 channel for Brazilian soccer. Finally, the "Brazil Mega" package, which has over 35+ channels, includes Band, beIN Sports, Willow HD, and Fightbox HD.
Subscriptions can be done monthly, every four months, or annually. For a full list of channels for the Brazilian package, click here.
Cantonese
Sling TV has several packages under its Cantonese language programming. It has the "Now" pack, which has 20+ channels, the "Cantonese Gem" pack, which features 25+ channels, and the "Jadeworld" pack, which has 30+ channels.
The "Now" pack has Now TV, Now Chinese Drama Channel, and NDTV 24x7 (among others). The "Cantonese Gem" pack has the Guangdong Southern TV, Skylink, and Shenzhen Television (among others) and finally, the "Jadeworld" package, which has the TVB HD, TVB1, TVB2, TVBe, TVBS, TVB Drama, and many others.
Subscription for the Cantonese package can be done either monthly or annually. For a full list of channels for the Cantonese package, click here.
French
For the French package, Sling TV only offers one package, which is the "French Bouquet" package. It has 35+ channels, and features channels like TV5 Monde, France 24 (in French and English), TV5MONDE Style, Filmbox Art House, and many others.
Users can subscribe to the French channel monthly, every four months, or annually. For a full list of channels for the French package, click here.
German
For the German package, you can choose to subscribe to just the German channels or together with Sling's English subscription (Orange or Blue). The standalone German package is called the "German Mosaic," and features 30+ channels including My German TV, Fightbox HD, Trace Sport Stars, Fast & Fun Box and many others. You can choose between a monthly or annual subscription.
You can also pair the German package with the core English packages. You can choose between "Deutsch Mini + Sling Orange" (30+ channels), "Deutsch Mini + Sling Blue" (45+ channels), or "Deutsch Mini + Sling Orange + Blue" (50+ channels). Subscribing to any of the German and English packages would follow Sling's regular monthly subscription plan.
For a full list of channels offered in the German packages, click here.
Hindi
There are three choices in Sling TV's Hindi packages: the basic "Hindi" package (55+ channels), the "Hindi Premium" package (65+ channels), and the "Hindi Gold" package (95+) channels. You can subscribe to the "Hindi Premium" and "Hindi Gold" packages monthly or annually. There's also a three-month subscription, although that's only for the basic "Hindi" package.
The basic "Hindi" package has Hindi channels such as Zee TV HD, Aapka Colors, and Aaj Tak (among others). The "Hindi Premium" would have channels like TV Asia, Star Bharat, Rishtey Cineplex, while the "Hindi Gold" would have Zee News, Zee Cinema, Movies OK, India 24x7, Sahara One, and plenty of other channels.
For a full list of channels in the Hindi package, click here.
Italian
For the Italian channels, Sling TV has the "Panorama Italiano" package, which has 35+ channels. It has the Rai Italia, La7, TV2000 Italia, Outside TV, and other channels in its lineup. You can subscribe to the "Panorama Italiano" package either monthly or annually.
Sling TV also offers the Italian channels in a bundle along with their English packages. They have the "Italiano Mini + Sling Orange" (35+ channels), the "Italiano Mini + Sling Blue" (45+ channels), and the "Italiano Mini + Sling Orange + Blue" (50+ channels). These will follow Sling's regular monthly subscription.
For a full list of channels in the Italian package, click here.
Kannada
For the Kannada language, there's only the "Kannada" package, which has 55+ channels. Expect to find channels like Colors Kannada, News18 Kannada, Udaya TV, Total TV, Prajaa TV and many others. Users can only subscribe to the Kannada package either monthly or annually.
For a full list of channels in the Kannada package, click here.
Malayalam
There are three Malayalam packages offered by Sling TV - "Malayalam" (50+ channels), "Malayalam Asianet" (45+ channels), and "Malayalam Gold" (60+ channels). The "Malayalam" package has channels such as Mazhavil Manorama, Surya TV, Kairali TV, and People channels. The "Malayalam Asianet" replaces those channels with the Asianet channels, such as Asianet, Asianet News, Asianet Movies, and Asianet Plus. The "Malayalam Gold" combines channels from both "Malayalam" and "Malayalam Asianet" packages.
Subscription can be done monthly or annually. For the full list of channels, click here.
Mandarin
Sling TV calls its Mandarin package the "Great Wall TV" package. It has 50+ channels, featuring names such as CGTN, Phoenix North America Chinese Channel, Phoenix InfoNews, Great Wall Elite, Great Wall Fresh, ShenZhen Television, China Movie Channel, and many more.
You can subscribe to the Mandarin package monthly or annually. For the full list of Mandarin channels, click here.
Marathi
Sling TV's "Marathi" package features more than 55 channels, and has channels such as Colors Marathi, Zee Marathi, IBN Lokmat, Total TV, as well as the beIN Sports and Willow channels, among others.
Users can subscribe to the Marathi package either monthly or annually. For the full list of Marathi channels, click here.
Polish
Sling TV calls its Polish package the "Polish Mosaic," and it offers more than 45 channels in its packages. It features channels such as Polsat, iTVN, TV Republika, Disco Polo Music, TVN24, Baby TV Polish, and many others.
Users can subscribe to the "Polish Mosaic" monthly, every four months, or annually. For the full list of Polish channels, click here.
Punjabi
Sling offers three different packages for its Punjabi channels: the "Punjabi" package (45+ channels), the "Punjabi Super" (65+ channels), and the "Punjabi Hindi" (70+ channels).
The basic "Punjabi" package has channels like PTC Punjabi, Jus Punjabi, Alpha ETC Punjabi, and News18 Punjabi. The "Punjabi Super" adds on channels like Willow TV, PTC News, Zee Punjabi, Sikh Channel, PTC Chak De, Jus One, and many others. The biggest package, the "Punjabi Hindi," has channels such as SET Asia, Aapka Colors, Aaj Tak, Times Now, SAB TV, Rishtey, Rishtey Cineplex, among others.
Users can subscribe to the Punjabi packages monthly, or annually. For the full list of channels in the Punjabi package, click here.
Taiwanese
The Taiwanese package is called the "Taiwanese Mega" and has 50 channels. These include ETTV News, ETTV Financial News, ETTV Drama, Skylink TV, Star Chinese Channel, TVBS, Jet TV, Channel V, and many others.
Users can choose to subscribe either monthly or annually. For the full list of channels in the Taiwanese package, click here.
Tamil
For the Tamil language, Sling TV offers two packages, the "Tamil" package, which has 50 channels, and the "Tamil Gold" package, which has 70 channels. The "Tamil" package has Jaya TV, KTV, SUN TV, Star Vijay, Zee Tamil, and the Willow channels. The "Tamil Gold" upgrade adds on channels such as Jaya Max, Jaya TV, Kalaignar, Raj Digital Plus, Raj TV, Sirippoli, beIN Sports, and others.
You can subscribe to the Tamil packages either monthly or annually. For the full list of Tamil channels, click here.
Telugu
Sling TV offers two packages for the Telugu language, the "Telugu" pack, which has 45+ channels, and the "Telugu Gold," which has 70+ channels. The basic "Telugu" pack offers channels such as Maa TV, Zee Telugu, Gemini TV, TV5 News, Total TV and other channels.
Subscription for the Telugu package can be done monthly or annually. For the full list of Telugu channels, click here.
Urdu
Sling TV offers three packages for Urdu, which are the "Urdu" package (45+ channels), "Urdu Super" package (70 channels), and "Urdu Hindi" package (70+ channels). The basic "Urdu" package has HUM TV, Geo TV, ARY Digital, and TV One. The "Urdu Super" pack upgrade adds ARY News, Geo News, Dunya TV, HUM Masala, Zee Salaam, Willow TV and many others. The "Urdu Hindi" package has a different set of channels, featuring Aapka Colors, Movies OK, Rishtey Cineplex, B4U Movies, MTV India, SAB TV and many others.
You can subscribe to the Urdu packages either monthly or annually. For the full list of Urdu channels, click here.
Vietnamese
Sling TV"s Vietnamese package is called the "TVBV" package and has 30+ channels. It has channels such as TVBV, Outside TV, Fight Box HD, Fandor Festival, as well as the beIN Sports and Willow channels (among others).
Users can subscribe to the package either monthly or annually. For a full list of all the channels in the Vietnamese package, click here.
Bottom Line
When it comes to International channels, Sling TV has a lot of content. What's great about Sling is that they offer standalone packages for each language. You can also add them onto your existing subscription of "Sling Orange" or "Sling Blue."
However, some of the channels do overlap. It's important to review the full list of channels to see if the channels you want are available. Once you've done that, simply set up an account, subscribe to a package, and you're good to go!
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