DirecTV’s pay TV customers lost access to Disney’s networks, including ESPN, last week.
DirecTV customers will likely miss ‘Monday Night Football' NFL game as carriage fight with Disney continues
The lawsuit argued there were antitrust concerns related to Venu. The companies also argued Venu would be detrimental to their businesses as it would offer a sports-only bundle. Pay-TV distributors have argued they are losing customers at a fast clip due to high programming costs that have caused the price the bundle to soar when streaming was initially a more inexpensive option.
Disney has said that it is"open to offering DirecTV flexibility and terms which we've extended to other distributors," and added that it"will not enter into an agreement that undervalues our portfolio of television channels and programs." The NFL in particular is often the reason carriage disputes have been resolved. The most recent example happened only last year.Last year Charter had argued the pay-TV business model was broken, noting that programmers like Disney had siphoned much of their content for their streaming services. In response, Charter pushed for its customers to receive access to Disney's ad-supported streaming apps, Disney+ and ESPN+, at no additional cost.
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