Disney Loses Bid To Block Sling TV's One-Day Cable Passes (theverge.com)
(Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:46AM (msmash)
from the how-about-that dept.)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/11/20/1646232/disney-loses-bid-to-block-sling-tvs-one-day-cable-passes
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/news/824017/disney-sling-tv-cable-passes-block-denied
A federal judge in New York [1]denied Disney's request to block Sling TV's short-term passes, which give viewers the ability to stream live content for as little as one day. From a report:
> In a ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that Disney didn't prove that Sling TV's passes caused "irreparable harm" to the entertainment giant, as reported earlier by Cord Cutters.
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> Disney sued Sling shortly after the live TV streaming service started allowing viewers to purchase temporary access to its library of channels, starting at a single payment of $4.99 for a one-day pass. Several channels included in the package are owned by Disney, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and Disney Channel. In its lawsuit, Disney argued that the passes violate an agreement with Sling TV that says the service must give subscribers access to its content through monthly subscriptions.
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> However, Judge Subramanian argues that this claim isn't likely to succeed, as the contract doesn't stipulate a "minimum subscription length," adding that the agreement's "broad definition" of a subscriber "clearly covers users of the Passes."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/824017/disney-sling-tv-cable-passes-block-denied
> In a ruling on Tuesday, US District Judge Arun Subramanian ruled that Disney didn't prove that Sling TV's passes caused "irreparable harm" to the entertainment giant, as reported earlier by Cord Cutters.
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> Disney sued Sling shortly after the live TV streaming service started allowing viewers to purchase temporary access to its library of channels, starting at a single payment of $4.99 for a one-day pass. Several channels included in the package are owned by Disney, including ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, and Disney Channel. In its lawsuit, Disney argued that the passes violate an agreement with Sling TV that says the service must give subscribers access to its content through monthly subscriptions.
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> However, Judge Subramanian argues that this claim isn't likely to succeed, as the contract doesn't stipulate a "minimum subscription length," adding that the agreement's "broad definition" of a subscriber "clearly covers users of the Passes."
[1] https://www.theverge.com/news/824017/disney-sling-tv-cable-passes-block-denied