Sling To Get ‘Mad Men’ & ‘Walking Dead’ With Addition Of AMC

Sling isn't giving a specific date for adding AMC to the lineup, but it will presumably happen before the launch of the final few episodes of Mad Men in April.

Sling isn’t giving a specific date for adding AMC to the lineup, but it will presumably happen before the launch of the final few episodes of Mad Men in April.

We’ve already given you some reasons to possibly think twice before signing up for Dish’s $20/month Sling TV, but here’s some good news — the company confirmed today that it will be adding AMC to the lineup of channels available on the live TV streaming service.

Dish is not saying when AMC — home to Mad Men, The Walking Dead, and now Better Call Saul — will become part of the Sling slate, but did confirm that the cable channel will be included in the $20/month price.

“We flipped the switch this morning opening up Sling TV to all consumers, and we’re giving them something they’ve been asking for: AMC,” said Roger Lynch, CEO of Sling TV in a statement. “We found a great partner in AMC Networks with a wide range of popular channels to help us quickly make that a reality.”

We don’t know whether AMC will allow users the ability to pause and rewind. As noted in our earlier story, this Sling functionality is disabled on the majority of channels currently being offered, including both ESPN stations, Disney, TNT, and TBS.

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