Warner Bros. Discovery has sued Sling TV over its unprecedented short-term packages that don’t require a subscription, which the Dish Network offshoot offered in late August – just as the football season was kicking off.
The federal breach-of-contract lawsuit, filed Tuesday in New York, alleges the starting-at-$4.99 packages – good for one day, a weekend or one-week spans – violated their licensing agreement.
Disney filed a similar lawsuit against Dish late last month, accusing the Sling TV parent of presenting the “day pass” offering without warning or consultation. Both suits seek unspecified damages and an order to block further short-term package offerings, which bypass traditional, month-to-month subscription models.
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