Sling TV drops its one-day cable passes

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Dish-owned Sling TV is discontinuing its 'Sling Pass' feature, which allowed users to purchase single-day, weekend, or weekly cable TV access without a full monthly subscription. The move follows legal challenges from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery regarding the service, although a federal judge previously ruled against Disney's attempt to block it via preliminary injunction.

Dish-owned Sling TV will no longer be offering its Sling Pass feature that allowed people to buy a single day of cable TV programming at a time, as reported by The Desk.

The feature was announced last year and offered a day pass, a weekend pass, and a week-long pass option to be able to watch channels like ESPN and CNN without a full-month cable subscription. But soon after it launched, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery sued Sling TV over Sling Pass, though a federal judge ruled against Disney in its request for a preliminary injunction to block the feature.

"Sling was built to give our customers the ultimate control over their entertainme …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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