Sling Latino’s Plans and Packages Reviewed – Watch TV in Espanol Without Cable

I discovered that when it comes to watching live TV in Spanish, there are excellent streaming options available. Among all streaming services, Sling TV provides me with the widest variety of choices.

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When it comes to streaming live TV en español, it would be difficult to do better than Sling TV. Other services may have decent Spanish-language packages (some are better than others). But only Sling offers a level of customization that appreciates that, while the Latino community shares a common language, they come from many different countries, backgrounds, and cultures.

Rather than offering a single Latino plan (or offering maybe a second for deportes), Sling has separate packages for México, Sudamérica, El Caribe, Centroamérica, and España. However, they also have a “Best of Spanish TV” that covers the most popular Spanish-language channels.

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What Is Sling Latino

Here’s how it works: the “Best of Spanish TV” is basically the Sling Latino base package, and it’s $10/mo. The five regional services range from 3 channels in the Centroamérica service to 17 in the México service. The average is around 10 channels. They all cost $10/mo. These channels all feature exclusively Spanish-language programming.

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If you want a completely Spanish-language channel line-up, you can choose to add one or more of the other Latino packages from the five regional services. If you combine two or more of them, you get $5 off the total.

If you want to mix it up a bit, you can combine the Best of Spanish TV package with one of Sling TV’s English-language base packages, Orange or Blue, for $40/mo, to get between 50 and 65 channels in both Spanish and English.

Combining Best of Spanish TV and Sling Orange is the only way to get ESPN Deportes (due to complicated licensing agreements). It also comes with Disney Channel. If you want Fox and NBC, you should get the Blue plan. Both plans provide popular channels AMC, Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, HGTV, Lifetime, TBS, TNT, and Vice.

Sling Latino Plans

Sling TV offers a total of six Spanish-language plans.

Best of Spanish TV

A bit of everything from around the world: news, finance, sports, nature, telenovelas, movies, and kids. It includes a total of 22 channels:

México Service

This package includes 13 channels featuring Noticias, telenovelas, movies, music, and more from Mexico:

Caribe Service

This service features series, películas, and more from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. Some of the popular programming includes O Outro Lado do Paraíso (Pasiones), LIDOM (Telemicro), and Treintona, Soltera y Fantástica (Cinelatino).

In all, you get 9 channels:

Sudamérica Service

Offers 13 channels with movies, telenovelas, sports, and news from Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador:

Centroamérica Service

Keep current on deportes, noticias and the latest shows and gossip from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Popular programs include La Revista (Multimedios Costa Rica), El Noticiero (Centroamerica TV), and CATV Futbol (Centroamerica TV). It offers 3 channels:

• Centroamerica TV
• Multimedios Costa Rica
• Tele El Salvador

España Service

Todas noticias, entertainment, and movies from Spain. It includes 4 channels with popular shows like El Año de la Garrapata (A3Cine), La Voz Kids (Antena 3), MasterChef (TVE), and La Mañana (TVE):

• A3 Series
• A3Cine
• Antena 3
• TV Española Internacional

Sling also has dozens of a la carte premium channels available, starting at $3/mo extra. Several are in Spanish, including Pantaya, Flix Latino, Cocina ON, and Cadena de Noticias Dominican Republic (CDN).

General Features

Sling TV’s plans all come with 50 hours of cloud DVR, which is upgradable to 200 hours for $5 extra per month.

You can watch most channels on up to 3 screens at a time. There is an exception: channels that are part of the Sling Orange plan can only stream on one device at a time. This means ESPN Deportes is always limited to one screen at a time.

TV Everywhere is a system that lets you use your TV provider’s credentials to stream supported channels on other apps. This is especially good for accessing subchannels.

Unfortunately, TV Everywhere support for Spanish-language channels seems to be a bit lacking; at the moment, it’s just beIN Sports en Español and NBC Universo. That may change any time, though, and there is a link on Sling’s website to request TV Everywhere access for a channel.

Alternatives

Sling TV isn’t the only service with canales in español. Most of the major services have notable Spanish content. The major exceptions are Philo and YouTube TV.

Sling TV vs DIRECTV STREAM

The DIRECTV STREAM (formerly AT&T TV) Spanish lineup has roughly as many channels as Sling (if you got all the Latino services). But there’s an (expensive) catch. Stream only has English-based packages, and they start at a $86.99/month. On top of that, you need the Español add-on is $15/mo. So that is $114.99/month total.

The channels do vary quite a bit between Sling TV and DIRECTV STREAM. You can only get Bandamax, Cine Estelar, Enlace, and SUR Perú from DIRECTV STREAM.

New customers get a 5-day free trial with DIRECTV STREAM. See our DIRECTV STREAM review for details.

Sling TV vs FuboTV

Deportes-centric FuboTV is for fans of fútbol and beyond. The Latino Plan service has 36 Spanish channels, a third of which are TUDNxtra 1-11 (Univision’s sports channels), for $32.99/month. Fubo is also the exclusive home of CONMEBOL qualifier coverage.

There’s some overlap with Sling TV on the channel lineup. But the obvious difference is that sports dominate the Fubo channels. It also offers 1000 hours of cloud storage (one of the bigger capacities among any streamer), and, allows 10 devices to stream at a time.

The downside is that, as the name implies, this plan requires you prepay 3 months, and there is no free trial. But it is a similar channel-to-dollar value as Sling, provided sports channels have value to you.

See our FuboTV review for more details. If you live overseas, see FuboTV Spain review.

Sling TV vs Hulu + Live TV

Hulu + Live TV is a solid cable replacement service, but not so much for households where Spanish is the main language. It doesn’t have a Spanish language base plan, so you would need to shell out $82.99/month for its base plan (which does include Telemundo).

The Español Add-on is $4.99 on top of that, and then you only get the seven most basic channels, all Spanish versions of American English cable channels: CNN en Español, Discovery en Español, Discovery Familia, ESPN Deportes, FOX Deportes, History Channel en Español, and NBC Universo.

There’s more information in our Hulu + Live TV review.

Sling TV vs Antenna

Spanish-speaking TV viewers can potentially get a lot of content free with just an antenna, but not as much as a pay service with a decent Spanish-language package.

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If you’re a first-generation immigrant looking for a bit of home, you probably won’t be able to tune in to channels from your home country, unless you’re from Mexico and still live near the border (like, really near.) But there are currently 15 Spanish-language channels broadcasting over-the-air (OTA) in the US.

If you live in or relatively close to a city, you will pick up more channels. But even with subchannels, this is relatively limited. Sling’s “Best of” package alone has 22 channels for $10, which, while not free, is pretty inexpensive.

See our article about using a high-definition indoor antenna to get started.

Streaming TVs and Devices for Sling Latino

As the first major player in the live TV streaming business, Sling TV supports pretty much every device you can think of. This list contains most of them but for the full list, see the Sling TV review.

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You can also use Sling with the AirTV to integrate channels from your antenna to the Sling interface with your streaming channels.

Summary

Even if you go loco and get all 6 Latino services — almost 60 channels for $55 — it’s still one of the best channel-to-dollar values around. Only DIRECTV STREAM comes close, but it’s overpriced unless you also want the English-language channels.

Since there are no contracts, you can switch your packages around or cancel anytime, so there’s very little downside to trying Sling TV out for a month. ¡A por ello!

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FAQs

What is the best Spanish-language streaming service?

The best Spanish-language streaming service depends on what channels you want. In terms of sheer numbers, Sling TV gives you access to the most channels, and gives you the best value on those channels. If you’re heavily into sports, you may prefer FuboTV’s Latin Quarterly plan. And DIRECTV STREAM’s Español add-on has some channels Sling doesn’t offer. It’s just a question of what you want to watch.

Does Sling TV offer Telemundo?

Sling TV doesn’t offer Telemundo. But it is one of the channels you can get free over the air with an antenna. If you like Telemundo shows but can’t get it with an antenna, Peacock and Hulu both offer low-cost on-demand services that have Telemundo shows. Peacock even has a live stream of Telemundo.

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Alanna Baker

Alanna Baker was the Streaming Content Editor at Hotdog.com, specializing in comprehensive streaming coverage across various genres, with a particular focus on sports and Sling TV offerings. With a background in literature and education, coupled with extensive experience in media and law, Alanna brings a unique perspective to the streaming industry.

Her expertise stems from being an early adopter of various entertainment technologies, from mail-order Netflix to modern streaming platforms. Alanna's in-depth knowledge of Sling TV's modular service and her ability to cover diverse streaming content make her a key expert in navigating the complex landscape of modern streaming options, especially in sports and entertainment.

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