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The wait is over — starting today, PlayStation Vue gets a big boost in live sports, family, and primetime TV programming with the arrival of Disney and ESPN Media Networks. This adds popular channels fans have been waiting for, including ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, Disney Channel, and more.

On top of that, we’re reducing the price of all PlayStation Vue multi-channel plans by $10. New subscribers get the pricing immediately along with a seven-day free trial. Current subscribers will see this reduced pricing reflected in their next billing cycle. Below are the monthly promotional prices.

• Access: 60+ channels – includes broadcast TV, cable, movies and sports, available for $39.99
• Core: 75+ channels – includes all the channels in Access with the addition of regional sports networks, available for $44.99
• Elite: 100+ channels – features all the channels in Access and Core, with the addition of more sports channels, top movie and entertainment networks, available for $54.99

Also today, ABC local stations will be added to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco. Plans to add ABC video on-demand programming for Dallas and Miami will be announced at a later date.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016...laystation-vue-reduced-prices-start-at-39-99/

 

[Chindogg]

Still only available in like 5 cities though.

 

[qatak]

still waiting for them to add Boston. This is great though.

 

[labaronx]

Alright now sony release it in Nashville so i can drop cable and save 110 a month

 

[Unison]

As someone who's not a sports fan, the last thing I want to pay for is ESPN.

I want a la carte TV that doesn't include that as a mandatory option.

 

[Elandyll]

Bummer for the DVR 1 month limit, I could have considered cutting the cord.

Wonder when (if?) The service will expand though.

 

[Koh]

I want it. Bring it to my city! Let me pay for it!

 

[Jeels]

Still no Houston...

 

[Boke1879]

They gotta start doing it statewide. I'd definitely get rid of my cable plan right now.

 

[vypek]

This has been testing in my area for a while and I'm very tempted to give it a try since I am considering cutting the cord.

 

[Leedogg]

Hopefully this means that the ESPN App will be available soon on the PS4.

 

[GustyGardens]

The new price is a bit more reasonable. We enjoyed it quite a bit when we used the trial. Have Sony put out any significant updates recently?

 

[The Jackdog]

the more services like this the better

 

[Magwik]

Metro Detroit next please

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Big step towards Vue becoming a viable option for me. I may just not get a cable TV option when I make the move to Google Fiber.

 

[Iadien]

This has been testing in my area for a while and I'm very tempted to give it a try since I am considering cutting the cord.

There should be a free trial available.

 

[AstroNut325]

I'll give $65 a month if Sony can bring in South Asian tv programming. I want to ditch Sling International. PLEASE!

 

[GodofWine]

Watch Comcast read this and instantly pick these cities for data caps

 

[HanzSnubSnub]

When is it coming to canada?

They keep lowering the price...

 

[Nafai1123]

Edit: NM. This is awesome news!

 

[VanWinkle]

That's fairly reasonable. I would consider it if I didn't have a 350GB data cap that I always come right up to every month as it is (well, and if it was actually available where I live).

 

[hikarutilmitt]

At this point it might just be a race for me to who comes to San Antonio first: PS Vue or Google Fiber (which we are supposedly getting at some point soonish). I'd be more than willing to go with PSV as I have enough devices that support it in each room.

 

[TouchMyBox]

When is it coming to canada?

That's a funny joke.

 

[msdstc]

Holy shit Sony killing it with vue.

 

[RedAssedApe]

Nice. Take it one step further and give ps+ customers a discount

 

[cheesekao]

Has Sony ever mentioned if this little venture of theirs has been doing good or bad?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Damn, wish we had something in Canada.

 

[Sephzilla]

Only way I'll bite on this is if they give a discount to PS+ members. As it currently is, it's actually cheaper for me to bundle my cable/internet together.

 

[Balb]

Wonder how the Vue live feed compares to most cable channel feeds. If sports broadcasts don't have much of a delay on Vue compared to live TV, I'd definitely consider getting it (when it hits my area).

 

[bananafactory]

When is it coming to canada?

HAHAHAHAHA


AAAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

 

[Rival]

It's only a matter of time before Comcast kills this for people. You just wait. I would really like to ditch directtv for this.

 

[BumRush]

Great news!

 

[Nafai1123]

These are the packages that the channels are included with.

Disney/ABC Television Group
•ABC (Access)
•Disney Channel (Access)
•Disney Junior (Access)
•Disney XD (Access)
•Freeform (Access)
•Fusion (Elite)

ESPN
•ESPN (Access)
•ESPN 2 (Access)
•ESPNU (Core)
• ESPNEWS (Core)
•SEC Network (Core)

So the cheapest package still gets you access to most Disney channels and ESPN/ESPN2. That's pretty damn good.

 

[AudioEppa]

Oh hell yeah baby lets go! As a Vuer this is awesome news, now just add more networks please xoxo

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

Ugh, when will Houston get this?

 

[MiketheBSG]

Put it on Roku and I may consider.

 

[Yeah_its_Bob]

I would switch if I didn't have a Comcast data cap now. That $45 with local sports sound really good.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

Seems like a pretty reasonable deal, but useless until it's available outside of very specific markets...

 

[Ellite25]

Just need my local sports networks and it's perfect.

Edit: just saw that's actually in there already!

 

[Tom Nook]

Highly considering getting this.

Question:
Can does it allow account share? One person can watch one channel while the other person watch another channel on a different devise.

 

[Barry Burton]

Getting closer to cutting the cord, once this starts to become available in more cities.

Live sports is one of the few reasons I still have cable. There are only about 30 channels I watch at any given time, out of how ever many hundreds I have. And of those 30, it's really only the 10-15 sports channels that I'd miss.

 

[KodaRuss]

Well, I might look into this. I live in Dallas Fort Worth this is totally worth it now.

 

[Josh5890]

For $45 I will definitely try this!

 

[Cormano]

I'll stick with Sling TV

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Where my Canada at? Is there a way to use this service via VPN?

 

[GuyKazama]

Awesome news!

 

[Alucrid]

that guy who made the vue thread a few days ago must be happy

 

[Muzy72]

If this comes to San Antonio I'm cutting my cable. C'mon Sony!

 

[msdstc]

I'm dying to dive in to this, please get it to the east coast! All I need confirmed would be csnne for celts games . BV deal is massive and the price deal is massive.

 

[RexNovis]

As someone who's not a sports fan, the last thing I want to pay for is ESPN.

I want a la carte TV that doesn't include that as a mandatory option.

You do realize they have exactly that as well right? There are premade packages as well as the option to select channels and pay a la carte. Soooo yea... You sure showed them with your objection to their not having something they actually have.