Thursday, November 1, 2018

Dish customers lose HBO in ongoing distribution dispute

HBO’s channels have gone dark for Dish and Sling TV customers due to an ongoing dispute between the premium cable network and the satellite TV provider, according to a report from Variety. The blackout, which began at midnight last night, marks the first time that HBO has been intentionally blacked out in the history of the channel.

Cable blackouts are nothing new in the entertainment world. Every so often, distributors and content producers will come to an impasse, resulting in channels being blacked out for subscribers while the two corporate monoliths sort things out. Of course, most customers could probably care less about licensing term negotiations, so the people paying for the content are the ones who are most hurt by the...

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