Sling TV announced Monday that it has signed an agreement with EPIX that includes the EPIX channel offering – EPIX, EPIX2, EPIX3 and EPIX Drive-In plus more than 2,000 movie and entertainment titles on-demand as part of its next-generation TV service.

“Our customers crave the newest movies like The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Transformers: Age of Extinction, but they also have a growing appetite for the classics and EPIX delivers both,” said Roger Lynch, CEO of Sling TV. “Sling TV will feature EPIX’s linear channels and movies on-demand in an add-on package that is accessible and affordable.”

Sling TV will announce the launch date, package and pricing of EPIX in the coming weeks.

Sling TV’s “Best of Live TV” $20 core package delivers ESPN, ESPN2, TNT, TBS, Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel, Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, ABC Family, Disney Channel, CNN, El Rey and Galavision.

This package additionally features access to WatchESPN and an array of Video-On-Demand entertainment. Customers can choose to tailor their entertainment experience with optional “Sports Extra,” “Kids Extra” and “News & Info Extra” add-on packs, each priced at $5 per month.

In addition to live channels and VOD entertainment, Sling TV customers have access to content from Maker Studios.

Sling TV L.L.C. is a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH).

EPIX is a joint venture between Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM).

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