Even the price of Sling TV is going up. The streaming service said it would promise to fix prices for a year, but it found a way to raise Sling TV prices while sticking to its claims.

That's because Sling Orange and Blue will go up to $35, a $5/month increase, so only new subscribers will pay more per month; the Sling Orange + Blue combo pack will also go up $5 to $50 (from $45/month). Still, the pricing is low enough that Sling is likely to keep its spot on our best streaming services list.

Why is Sling raising prices? In a press release, Michael Schwimmer, group president of Sling TV, blames the network, saying, "The TV networks keep charging us more."

Sling's price increase coincided with an increase in the maximum DVR storage capacity for subscribers. Instead of the default of 10 hours of DVR included, 50 hours are now included. Sling will also upgrade the Cloud DVR Plus allocation to 200 hours ($5/month), as it previously allowed 50 hours of DVR for an additional $5/month.

In announcing the new pricing, Sling noted the price guarantee and said that existing subscriber pricing "will not change until July 2021."

This basically implies that Sling TV customers should plan for a price increase at the end of the summer. While this cannot be guaranteed, it makes some sense.

Still, as we surveyed earlier this year, this price increase and those of YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV are not as bad as cable TV price increases. And at $35 per month, Sling is still one of the most affordable options: YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV are now almost twice as expensive, at $65 per month each.

Nevertheless, these services come with more channels: Sling's orange and blue packages each have over 30 channels, Hulu has over 74 (plus exclusive original programming), and YouTube TV has over 85 .