Streaming Service Sling TV Adds Crypto Payment Support for Monthly Subscriptions
The American streaming television service Sling TV has announced the company is now accepting cryptocurrency payments from customers paying their monthly subscriptions. Sling TV detailed the company is leveraging the crypto payment provider Bitpay and will accept seven different cryptocurrencies and five stablecoins. Sling TV to Accept Crypto Assets for Monthly subscription Services Sling TV LLC, has revealed that it has partnered with the Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payments provider Bitpay and will accept a variety of crypto assets for monthly subscription payments. Sling is....
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Sling TV, one of the significant competitors of American television streaming platform Hulu boasting thousands of movies and TV episodes, now accepts payments in cryptocurrency for its monthly subscription plans. It includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, DogeCoin, and others. On Feb 18, the parent company Dish Network announced via tweet that it has partnered with Atlanta-based crypto […]
Sling TV is now accepting bitcoin payments for their personalized television streaming services.
Music streaming service Grooveshark has recently announced the acceptance of Bitcoin to pay for subscriptions. Posts on Reddit indicated Groove Shark is using Stripe to process Bitcoin payments with direct conversion into USD. Groove Shark’s term of service indicates how Bitcoin will be used: If you decide to use Bitcoin as your choice of payment, please be aware that Bitcoins are instantly converted to currency (USD) at the time of purchase, so any refunds will be in the same value of USD at the time of purchase but not necessarily the same number of Bitcoin (if the exchange rate has....
Here's another big company accepting bitcoin for premium services. Music streaming service Grooveshark is now accepting the digital currency in a move that makes it one of the first companies in the music space to embrace bitcoin. Users have the opportunity to pay $5 per month for the service or $50 annually. You can see in the screenshot above that Bitcoin is clearly listed aside traditional payment methods (in addition to promotional codes, of course). Although interestingly, it doesn't appear as if the company has integrated any form of third-party payment processor like Coinbase and....
Flattr, the micropayment tipping system, has just announced that it will now allow users to fund their account with bitcoin. The service, which was created by one of the founders of the Pirate Bay, has the goal of providing an easy way for content creators to gain tip-like payment from the public. We spoke to Flattr's Linus Olsson about its relationship to bitcoin. Q. For anyone who hasn't heard of Flattr, would you give a layperson's explanation of your service? It's a one-click microdonation system system for free content. It's the easiest way to support creators by giving microdonations....