Not having ESPN available in a bar when NFL, MLB, NBA and (in hockey hotbeds) NHL games, along with big time college sports ticks sports fans off, and ticks off the owners of those bars where fans gather to watch them even more, because not having the games the customers want costs them business. It might not be sophisticated -- or have an equivalent in the Latin American cultures you're more familiar live -- but an "FU" to the cable company isn't a bad idea for a bar operator looking to show sympathy for the customers' frustration and tell them "Hey, we hate Spectrum too!"
Do these conflicts between programming sources and cable companies happen in Ecuador, Mexico, etc., or is this a purely American phenomenon?