Programming & Performance

Sony Shutting Down PlayStation Vue Live TV Streaming Service

Company will pull the plug in early 2020

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PlayStation Vue, which launched in 2015, will shutter on Jan. 30.Getty Images
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By Jason Lynch

October 29, 2019

Just a few years ago, the television industry hoped that live TV streaming packages would help bring cord cutters and cord nevers back into the fold. But now one of the biggest offerings, PlayStation Vue, is throwing in the towel. Sony will shutter the service on Jan. 30, 2020.

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Jason Lynch

Jason Lynch is TV editor at Adweek, overseeing trends, technology, personalities and programming across broadcast, cable and streaming video.

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