 On July 20, 2019, DirecTV and AT&T U-verse removed it from their lineup due to a carriage dispute.In 2006, Carl Malamud of publishing and sharing non-profit Public.Resource.Org complained that private company Showtime and the publicly owned Smithsonian Institution were entering a contract to establish Smithsonian Networks without sufficient public disclosure.Under the contract Showtime would be able to deny permission to other media producers wishing access to Smithsonian collections.