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Earlier this month we noted how Disney and ESPN had sued Sling TV for the cardinal sin of actually trying to innovate. Sling TV’s offense: releasing new, more convenient day, weekend, or week-long shorter term streaming subscriptions that provided an affordable way to watch live television.

These mini-subscriptions, starting at around $5, have already proven to be pretty popular. But, of course, it challenges the traditional cable TV model of getting folks locked into recurring (and expensive) monthly subscriptions. Subscriptions that often mandate that you include sports programming many people simply don’t want to pay for.

So of course Time Warner has now filed a second lawsuit (sealed, 1:25-mc-00381) accusing Dish Network of breach of contract. In the complaint, Warner Bros lawyer David Yohai argues that this kind of convenience simply cannot be allowed:

“The passes fundamentally disrupt this industry-standard model by allowing customers to purchase access to the most sought-after programming, such as major sports events, essentially a la carte for a fraction of the cost that the consumer would have had to pay to watch the event on a pay-per-view basis. For example, a sports fan could simply purchase a day pass and watch select programming, such as a highly popular sports game, without purchasing a month-long subscription or paying a higher pay-per-view fee.”

Not disruption and convenience!

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[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 36 points 5 days ago

i ask everyone i meet if they've accepted their lord and saviour jellyfin into their lives.

[-] chisel@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago

Wake me up when Jellyfin does live sports

[-] teft@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago

It already does. Just google iptv on jellyfin and find one of the articles that teaches you how to load a .m3u into jellyfin. Boom live tv.

[-] HertzDentalBar 2 points 5 days ago

It's a little annoying to get going but it's doable.

[-] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago

Jellyfin can use .m3u playlists for live TV. It’s a bit of work to get it going, but it is possible.

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