Disney and Charter Strike Deal: Spectrum Blackout Ends in Time for Monday Night Football

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Disney and Charter Strike Deal: Spectrum Blackout Ends in Time for Monday Night Football
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Spectrum TV went dark for subscribers while Disney and Charter struggled to come to a financial agreement.

that those who purchase the Spectrum TV Select package will have access to a range of video packages offered by Charter and will provide ESPN+ to Spectrum TV Select Plus subscribers. Disney said in the news release that “Charter will also use its significant distribution capabilities to offer Disney’s direct-to-consumer services to all its customers – in particular its large broadband-only customer base – for purchase at retail rates.

The outage started after the two companies couldn’t come to an agreement regarding the amount Spectrum would pay Disney to include Disney+ and ESPN+ in its packages. The blackout affected Spectrum’s roughly 15 million subscribers when the channels were pulled in the middle of a college football game and a U.S. Open tennis match.“We’re on the edge of a precipice.

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