Does anyone know what is going on with the Premiere channels on Sling TV? We used to get Premiere 1 through 8. Now, for the last few months, we only get Premiere 1 through 4 and 8. Premiere 5, 6, and 7 are missing. There are games on 5, 6, and 7. I called Sling TV a few times about this and the response was that there were some Sao Paulo state championship games on Premiere 5, 6, and 7 that they did not have the rights to in the USA. But the Sao Paulo state championship ended a couple of months ago. Are they just screwing this up or is there a legitimate reason for this?
They screwed up Should've gotten Fanatiz instead Vix also has most of the bouts now and it's free (for now)
Well, the strange thing is that the missing games from Premiere 5, 6, and 7 seem to be on the Globoplay app, which authorizes with the Sling login, if you have one of the Brazilian packages on Sling. And Globo is the owner of the Premiere channels, so they must have the rights in the USA. Sling must just be screwing it up.
The thing is, the commentators on Premiere are better, in my opinion, than the international commentators on Fanatiz and the other services. The Premiere commentators are from Globo, because Globo owns the Premiere brand, and they are the broadcasts shown in Brazil. What you see on Fanatiz and the others is an international broadcast in Portuguese for a more limited audience. The Premiere broadcasts just seem like a higher budget production, which I am sure they are.
Premiere 5, 6, and 7 are back on Sling TV. So, now they have all of them again, 1 through 8. I just watched a game on Premiere 5. Maybe someone from Sling TV or Globo is watching this forum? The missing Premiere channels got fixed right after I posted it here, whereas 2 months of calling Sling customer service and having them create "tickets" resulted in nothing.
Just noticed (sorry if it’s been mentioned before) that you can put the Portuguese audio track on Paramount Plus. (At least for Flamengo-fortaleza and Palmeiras-Atletico Mineiro on now).