DirectTV says CNN streaming service could violate deal, NY Times reports

CNN’s plan to offer a streaming version of its popular lineup has hit some resistance less than a week after its debut, The New York Times’ Benjamin Mullin reports. DirecTV (T), one of the country’s biggest satellite TV providers, has warned CNN’s parent company that the programming on the new streaming channel risks violating the contract between their businesses, according to two people briefed on the exchange. The message was conveyed in a letter that DirecTV sent in the past week to executives at the parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the people said. CNN’s new streaming channel, CNN Max, is available through Max, Warner Bros. Discovery’s most popular streaming service. CNN Max includes many of the shows that air on CNN’s traditional cable channel, which DirecTV flagged as the concern, the author adds.