Disney’s TV channels — including ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel, FX, and others — are at risk of going dark this week for DirecTV subscribers, as the entertainment giant and satellite TV firm continue high-stakes talks over what the future of their carriage deals should look like.
The current moment is in many ways a repeat of a year ago, when Disney’s channels went dark on the country’s largest pay-TV provider, Charter Spectrum. While DirecTV is not as large as Charter (Leichtman Research estimated that it had about 11 million subscribers at the end of 2023, compared to 14 million for Charter), it is nonetheless one of the biggest pay-TV companies in the U.S., and the dominant satellite provider, making the stakes high.
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