Sony Launches Internet TV Service PlayStation Vue: How Does It Compare With Sling TV?

Dish Network launched the first credible Internet-based alternative to cable television last month with Sling TV. Now a competing service is available (in a few cities at least): Sony's PlayStation Vue. Sony first showed off the product in November but has now released full details on its pricing and updated its content list, adding such channels as TNT, TBS, and AMC.

To hear the two companies talk about it, they are going after slightly different markets. Dish says it is aiming at people who wouldn't think of paying for cable and already have Hulu and Netflix subscriptions; Sony claims its market is made up of gamers who are willing to pay for big pay TV bundles and who have specific tastes that can be divined by their enthusiasm for video games. But if you are one of those weighing the two services against one another, here are a few points of comparison.