[opendtv] Sling TV Subject To Content Restrictions | Multichannel
- From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:27:27 -0400
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Sling TV Subject To Content Restrictions
Dish Network confirmed that certain shows offered on A&E and some other
channels aren’t available to Sling TV subscribers because of digital rights
restrictions.
“Certain content on A&E and LMN and other select channels can't be streamed on
Sling TV due to rights restrictions,” a Sling TV spokesperson said via email.
“However, when possible, these channels will offer other programming in place
of the restricted content.”
TechHive, citing posts on the Reddit cord-cutters forum, reported on this
limitation with the Sling TV service on Friday (March 27), noting that some but
not all of shows such as Criminal Minds on A&E are restricted, and the same is
true with certain movies and episodes of Intervention on LMN. On Monday
morning (March 30) at 10 a.m. ET, Criminal Minds (a show originally produced by
CBS) on A&E was not available on Sling TV due to those rights restrictions, and
it appeared that the content had been replaced by a sales pitch for a pressure
cooker.
On March 26, Sling TV added A&E, History, H2 and Lifetime to its $20 per month
“Best of Live TV” package, and has added FYI and LMN to its $5 per month
Lifestyle Extra add-on pack. Sling TV, an OTT service from Dish tailored for
cord-cutters, launched nationwide on February 9.
Though limited, streaming restrictions such as these highlight the challenges
that emerging virtual MVPDs will face in the early going. TV Predictions
reported that Sony’s new PlayStation Vue service, currently offered in
Philadelphia, New York and Chicago, also is not immune to streaming rights
restrictions.
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