Sling TV has discontinued its Sling Passes, which let viewers watch channels like ESPN and CNN via one-day, weekend, or week-long passes, following lawsuits from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery over the short-term cable bundles.
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dish-owned Sling TV will no longer be offering its Sling Pass feature that allowed people to buy a single day of cable TV programming at a time, <a href="https://thedesk.net/2026/10/sling-tv-stops-offering-day-pass-espn-tnt/">as reported by <em>The Desk</em></a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The feature was announced <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/758020/sling-tv-pass-one-day-cable-tv">last year</a> and offered a day pass, a weekend pass, and a week-long pass option to be able to watch channels like ESPN and CNN without a full-month cable subscription. But soon after it launched, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/766933/disney-sling-tv-streaming-cable-passes-lawsuit">Disney</a> and <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-sues-sling-tv-over-short-term-bundles-1236366377/">Warner Bros. Discovery</a> sued Sling TV over Sling Pass, though a federal judge ruled <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/824017/disney-sling-tv-cable-passes-block-denied">against Disney</a> in its request for a preliminary injunction to block the feature.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">"Sling was built to give our customers the ultimate control over their entertainme …</p>
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# Sling TV drops its one-day cable passes
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Sling Passes, which let you watch channels like ESPN and CNN without a full\-month cable subscription, are no longer available\.
Sling Passes, which let you watch channels like ESPN and CNN without a full\-month cable subscription, are no longer available\.
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Dish\-owned Sling TV will no longer be offering its Sling Pass feature that allowed people to buy a single day of cable TV programming at a time,[as reported by*The Desk*](https://thedesk.net/2026/10/sling-tv-stops-offering-day-pass-espn-tnt/)\.
The feature was announced[last year](https://www.theverge.com/news/758020/sling-tv-pass-one-day-cable-tv)and offered a day pass, a weekend pass, and a week\-long pass option to be able to watch channels like ESPN and CNN without a full\-month cable subscription\. But soon after it launched,[Disney](https://www.theverge.com/news/766933/disney-sling-tv-streaming-cable-passes-lawsuit)and[Warner Bros\. Discovery](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/warner-bros-discovery-sues-sling-tv-over-short-term-bundles-1236366377/)sued Sling TV over Sling Pass, though a federal judge ruled[against Disney](https://www.theverge.com/news/824017/disney-sling-tv-cable-passes-block-denied)in its request for a preliminary injunction to block the feature\.
“Sling was built to give our customers the ultimate control over their entertainment, and Sling Passes delivered on that promise for millions,” Sling TV says in[a statement on its website](https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/482924/1132376/14334?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sling.com%2Fpm%2Fpromise)\. “Though Sling Passes are no longer available, we look forward to continuing to innovate and showing our customers new ways to experience the content they love\.”*The Desk*also reports that the note was sent to customers\.
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