Sling TV ends short-term Passes subscriptions
Sling TV ends short-term Passes subscriptions
The short-term subscription options that allowed viewers to sign up for Sling Orange for as little as one day are officially history.
In August 2025, Sling TV announced it would be the first live TV streaming service on the market to begin offering short-term subscription options. Called Passes, they allowed viewers to sign up for Sling’s Orange package for as little as $5 per day, but Sling has officially put an end to its Passes program, shifting all subscriptions back to the standard monthly format.
Key Details:
- No more: Sling TV is no longer selling Passes for Sling Orange.
- Unknown cause: Disney and WBD sued Sling over Passes, but it’s unclear if the suits led to the decision to discontinue them.
- Other options: Viewers can still access Sling package starting at $20 per month.
Sling TV pulled Passes from its subscription lineups on Friday with no major public announcement. In their place is a brief statement on the Sling TV website promising that, while Passes are gone, the streamer will always seek ways to offer competitively priced, unique package options.
“Sling was built to give our customers the ultimate control over their entertainment, and Sling Passes delivered on that promise for millions,” the statement reads. “Though Sling Passes are no longer available, we look forward to continuing to innovate and showing our customers new ways to experience the content they love.”
Passes were only available for the Sling Orange package, but they allowed viewers to sign up for this plan for $5 per day, $10 for three days, or $15 for a week. This created a pathway for sports fans to watch any given game or sporting event on ESPN for just $5, a move that made the channel’s parent company, Disney, fairly unhappy.
In fact, Disney quickly sued Sling over the creation of Passes, saying it was never consulted over the inclusion of its channels in such products. Warner Bros. Discovery sued as well, and while it’s possible that these lawsuits led to Sling’s decision to pull Passes from the market, the streamer has made no statements to that effect.
Also, neither Sling nor its parent company EchoStar has released subscription information for the limited-time passes, so it could be that the unique offering just never found an audience in the increasingly complicated streaming landscape, leading to its discontinuation.
Whatever the reason, viewers will no longer be able to watch these short-term packages with Sling. The streamer will continue to sell month-long subscriptions to the Sling Orange and Blue packages, as well as its lower-cost, lower-channel plans Sling Select and Sling Essential, which start at $20 per month.
Sling TV
Sling TV is The Streamable’s choice for cord-cutters on a budget. Sling is a live TV streaming service with multiple channel packages. The $45.99/month Sling Orange plan offers about 30 channels, including Disney Channel and ESPN. The $45.99/month Sling Blue plan offers about 40 channels, including ABC, Fox, and NBC in major markets.
You can combine Orange+Blue for a total of $60.99 / month. Sling also offers many channel add-on packages starting at $6/month.