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Disney and DirecTV Still Haven’t Made Up
And so the blackout stretches on.
Since the two parties haven’t been able to negotiate a new carriage contract yet, September 4 marks the fourth day of a DirecTV blackout on Disney-owned channels including ESPN, ABC, Freeform, and more. For some frustrated fans, that means the U.S. Open was closed, LSU and USC’s college football game never kicked off, and The Bachelorette star Jenn Tran never had to relive that finale proposal (though to be fair, she might have preferred that). Per The Wrap, DirecTV’s CFO told investors on Tuesday that the company is not playing a “short-term game,” further claiming that this dispute is about “changing the model in a way that gives everyone confidence that this industry can survive.” We get the feeling that when it comes to the lawsuit over Disney’s planned sports-streaming bundle with Fox and Warner Bros.
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