Disney, whose networks have not carried DirecTV since Sept. 1 due to a dispute over broadcasts, launched a campaign Friday warning DirecTV customers that they have "plenty of options" to get ABC, ESPN and other channels from competing providers.
ESPN Networks, ABC, Disney Channels Go Black on DirecTV
The message reads: "Hey DirecTV customers! Missing your favorite ABC and ESPN shows! No worries." It continues: "There are plenty of options to get every channel you love from any of these providers" — listing Dish Network and Sling, YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV, Comcast's Xfinity, Charter's Spectrum TV, Fubo, Cox, Optimum, and Mediacom.
Disney's picture includes ESPN's "Monday Night Football," which kicks off Sept. 9 with the Jets-49ers game, the U.S. Open tennis tournament on ESPN and ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," "9-1-1," "Abbott Elementary" and "ABC World News Tonight With David Muir."
The Mouse House’s campaign is par for the course in such TV distribution feuds. And the reporting, which came on Day 6 of the Disney blackout on DirecTV, suggests the two sides are nowhere near a new deal at this point.
