I suspect that since it was near midnight on December 31st that it was a contract issue of sorts. Deadline for the previous contract expired at midnight the 31st, it wasn't renewed and "POOF"! Off it went. They have been advertising that in-room streaming option for quite a while now. What were they calling it? They were comparing it to NETFlix in a way, but more up-to-date with new releases and shows.
I would put money on the notion that the Hotel Network was planning this for quite a while. Probably offering internet service and streaming video programs in a package to hotels and dropping their old style satellite feeds for just TV channels.
I might be wrong, but I had some gut feeling for a long time that something was up here.
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