Disney loses its bid to block Sling TV cable traffic for a day

A federal judge in New York has rejected Disney’s request to block short-term Sling TV passes, which give viewers the ability to stream live content for no more than one day. in Tuesday’s rulingUS District Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that Disney had not proven that the Sling TV permits caused “irreparable harm” to the entertainment giant, as I mentioned it earlier before Cord cutters.

Disney filed a lawsuit against Sling shortly after the live TV service began allowing viewers to do so Buy temporary access to its library of channels, starting with a single payment of $4.99 for a one-day subscription. Many of the channels included in the package are owned by Disney, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and the Disney Channel. In her lawsuit, Disney claimed that the passes It violates an agreement with Sling TV that stipulates that the service must give subscribers access to its content through monthly subscriptions.

However, Judge Subramanian says this claim is unlikely to succeed, because the contract does not stipulate a “minimum subscription duration,” adding that the agreement’s “broad definition” of a subscriber “clearly covers pass users.” Additionally, the ruling states that Disney failed to show how the permits could harm the company’s reputation or “take away customers” from its new ESPN Unlimited live sports streaming service.

“Disney has not proven that it lost customers because of the permits,” Judge Subramanian wrote. “The networks are distributed on the same platform, the same way they always have been, but to a broader range of Sling customers.”

TV sling is Offers a one-day pass At a discounted price of $1 to celebrate the court win, though Disney’s breach of contract suit against the streaming service will continue.

“For too long, traditional ‘big media’ companies have intentionally stifled innovation and forced customers to pay for more content than they want or need,” says Seth Van Sickle, senior vice president of Sling TV, in a press release. “We believe customers deserve the flexibility to stream the content they want, when they want, at a price they can afford. Consumers deserve affordable TV, not locked into long-term contracts or inflated deals.”