Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDish Network, after kicking HBO off its TV lineups almost three years ago, reached an agreement with WarnerMedia to offer HBO Max, HBO and Cinemax to its satellite video subscribers.The deal does not cover HBO Max/HBO distribution to Sling TV, Dish’s over-the-top pay TV service.It marks a return to Dish for HBO after an extended hiatus.
On Oct. 31, 2018, HBO and Cinemax channels were removed from Dish and Sling TV lineups, the first time the premium cabler’s nets had ever gone dark.
At the time, Dish chairman Charlie Ergen accused AT&T of using HBO as “an economic weapon” and that the telco’s carriage terms for the premium channel were anticompetitive.Terms of the WarnerMedia-Dish deal, as per usual, weren’t.
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