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No, it doesn’t happen all the time. In fact the article is quite clear that this never happened with HBO before the merger. And also no, Sling being included
by ninth_ant 8y ago
No, it doesn’t happen all the time. In fact the article is quite clear that this never happened with HBO before the merger.
And also no, Sling being included is not the only reason this is interesting. It’s interesting because it’s a major telco using their newly acquired content as an anticompetitive bludgeon, in direct violation of their quite recent promises to the contrary.
- reaperducer 8y agoNo, it doesn’t happen all the time. Yes, it does. You are correct that this is the first dispute between HBO and Sling. But as I stated, this type of dispute between content creators and content distributors happens all the time. Welcome to professional broadcasting. So much for the SV "disruption" strategy.
- Retric 8y agoIt's more than that it's the first between HBO and anyone. Plus it occurred right after a merger with one of slings competitors.
- jm4 8y agoIt does with Dish/Sling. Fox has been blacked out multiple times on Dish. There is nothing inherently wrong with ATT or the fact that they own HBO that caused this. They want to raise prices and Dish doesn’t want to pay. This is how Dish negotiates and they tell their customers it’s to keep prices low. Channels get blacked out all the time on Dish.