HBO Goes Dark for First Time Ever Over Dispute With Dish
HBO has gone dark for the first time ever, blacking out on both Dish and cord-cutting service Sling after failing reach a new agreement with the service providers’ parent company, Dish Network Corporation. HBO service on both platforms ceased at around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night.
In a statement issued shortly before the outage, HBO placed blame firmly on Dish Network. “During our forty plus years of operation, HBO has always been able to reach agreement with our valued distributors and our services have never been taken down or made unavailable to subscribers due to an inability to conclude a deal,” HBO said.
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