After a bruising fight for both sides, Disney and DirecTV have called a truce: The companies announced a preliminary agreement on a new deal that will restore ESPN, ABC, FX, Disney Channel and other Disney networks to the DirecTV lineup after a nearly two-week blackout. Under the new deal, announced Saturday, Sept. 14, DirecTV will […]

UPDATED, 3:45 PM ET: Disney offered to temporarily provide DirecTV access to ABC News’ coverage of the presidential debate Tuesday night between VP Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — but DirecTV turned the offer down. Disney networks including ESPN and ABC remain dark on DirecTV amid a carriage feud for a 10th day (and counting). […]

The acrimony between DirecTV and Disney in their contract fight is getting more heated, as the blackout of Disney-owned networks on DirecTV is all but certain to extend into a second week. On Saturday, DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, alleging Disney has failed to negotiate in good faith. DirecTV asserted that […]

Carriage fights create some strange bedfellows. DirecTV, at loggerheads with Disney over a new deal for ESPN, ABC and other networks, announced that it would give its customers a $30 credit toward two competing streaming TV services — Sling, from longtime satellite rival Dish Network, and Fubo. Disney and DirecTV failed to reach an agreement […]

Disney — whose networks have been dark on DirecTV since Sept. 1 amid a carriage dispute — on Friday launched a campaign to alert DirecTV customers that they have “plenty of options” to get ABC, ESPN and others from rival providers. The message reads, “Hey DirecTV customers! Missing your favorite ABC and ESPN programming! No […]

DirecTV customers were left in the dark earlier this month after Disney pulled its channels from the television provider following a prolonged contract dispute. That meant more than 11 million DirecTV subscribers were left without Disney-owned channels like ABC and ESPN. The blackout could not have come at a worst time for DirecTV, landing on […]

Disney leaders have responded to claims made by DirecTV executives amid the contract dispute that led to ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels going dark on the satellite TV provider’s platform as of Sept. 1. DirecTV executives made bold claims on Sept. 3 about how Disney’s actions have harmed consumers as well as the decline […]

Don’t count on next week’s debut of a new season of ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” to force a quick end to the current carriage dispute between DirecTV and Walt Disney Co. DirecTV CFO Ray Carpenter told investors Tuesday that the satellite distributor is prepared to stand firm against Disney’s current stance in a blackout that […]

ESPN and other Disney-owned channels have gone dark on DirecTV after the sides failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement, a business impasse that reflects the broader economic pain spreading throughout the pay TV sector. The blackout, coming on the kickoff weekend for ABC’s college football football coverage and a little more […]