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Disney Hits Back At DirecTV In Carriage Fight, Saying It “Continues To Misrepresent The Facts”


Disney hit back at DirecTV as the companies' carriage impasse enters its fourth day.

After DirecTVhad its say Tuesday in an hour-long conference call with Wall Street analysts, Disney hit back at the pay-TV operator as the companies’ carriage impasse enters its fourth day. While carriage negotiations have long created friction around the fees programmers demand from distributors, the advent of streaming has made the process of reaching a deal more complicated. The resulting agreement left a handful of networks without cable carriage, but it included key stipulations for the integration of streaming services for Spectrum subscribers.

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