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Sling Goes Down for Thousands of User, Downdetector Reports
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By Anthony W. Haddad
Published 35 minutes ago on
January 19, 2026

Sling had a possible outage on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, with thousands of users reporting issues to Downdetector. (Shutterstock)

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Sling experienced a possible outage Monday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com.

Sling is a video streaming service that broadcasts major cable TV channels over the internet.

More than 3,600 users had reported problems with the platform as of 4:48 p.m. PST, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

Most users reporting issues say they’re experiencing problems with server connections.

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