On Wednesday, May 20 — National Streaming Day — sling tv is rolling out limited-time deals that include a free month of its Premium Pass and short-duration Sling Passes with paid add-ons.
The Premium Pass is being offered free for one month as an add-on to an existing monthly base TV plan such as Sling Orange, Sling Blue, or to a Sling Pass, a promotion that the company says can save up to $35.98 per month for subscribers who keep the add-on after the promotional period. Sling is also promoting Sling Total TV as an add-on that bundles extra packages to deliver 68 additional channels; that Total TV bundle requires either a Sling Orange or Sling Blue subscription to attach it to.
For viewers not ready to commit to a monthly tier, sling tv’s short passes provide temporary access: the service is offering a 1-Day Pass, a 3-Day Pass and a 7-Day Pass. Each of those Sling Passes includes access to the Sling Orange package, and add-ons are available for an extra charge — $1 for each add-on to a 1-Day Pass, $2 for each add-on to a 3-Day Pass, and $3 for each add-on to a 7-Day Pass.
National Streaming Day, held annually on May 20, is used by major services as an occasion to surface some of their best deals of the year. That context is important because the Premium Pass promotion and the temporary passes are framed as limited-time offers tied to the day, meaning they are being marketed specifically for Wednesday, May 20 rather than as permanent price changes.
The friction in the offer is practical: the headline free month of Premium Pass is not a standalone plan. It must be added to a monthly base TV plan — Sling Orange or Sling Blue — or to a Sling Pass, so the promotion’s immediate value depends on a viewer already having, or being willing to sign up for, one of those paid foundations. Similarly, the Total TV bundle expands channel count by 68 only when layered on top of a qualifying base subscription, so the advertised channel increase is not available to someone seeking a single, independent add-on.
There is also a built-in trade-off in the short-pass structure. The 1-, 3- and 7-Day Passes give viewers brief, lower-commitment access to Sling Orange, but any additional packages beyond that come with per-add-on fees that rise with the length of the pass — meaning a viewer who stacks multiple add-ons to a short pass can see the daily cost climb quickly compared with a monthly plan that bundles those channels.
The net: sling tv’s National Streaming Day slate aims to hit two kinds of customers at once — people who want to test a month of expanded channels without a long-term commitment via a free month of Premium Pass, and people who need only a few days of access and prefer a 1-, 3- or 7-Day Pass. If you already subscribe to Sling Orange or Sling Blue, the Premium Pass free month and the 68-channel Total TV bundle are straightforward additions to consider; if you do not, the short Sling Passes offer temporary access but will add per-package charges — $1, $2 or $3 per add-on depending on the pass length.
Decide today whether you want a month of expanded access or a short-term pass: National Streaming Day falls on Wednesday, May 20 this year, and Sling’s offers are tied to that date and presented as limited-time deals rather than permanent plan changes.
