RFD-TV Joins Sling Heartland Extra Package

RFD-TV and FamilyNet will now be carried on over-the top provider Sling TV's Heartland Extra package.

They join other rural-targeted fare including Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel in the $5 add-on to either the Sling Orange or Blue services.

“Sling TV is at the forefront of changing media consumption habits, and we are pleased to join an industry-changing service that is economically-friendly for our viewers,” said Patrick Gottsch, founder and president of Rural Media Group, which owns the networks.

RFD-TV is focused on "agribusiness, equine and the rural lifestyle" programming, while FamilyNet provides a lineup of mostly off-net sitcoms—All in the Family, I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, among others.

Sling Orange is the basic, $20-per-month, package. Sling Blue is a multi-stream beta test that is now out. It costs $25 for up to three simultaneous streams.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.