Disney vs Direct Tv

[fairbankshockeypuck]

No Disney ESPN and ABC on Direct Tv...broadcast fees and contract issue

[ReallyStoked]

I thought the contract between DirecTV and OTAs is with the owner of the OTA station, not its broadcast affiliation.

[MasterB]

Yup, it's just ABC O&O's not a local network ABC.

[ReallyStoked]

I thought WJRT is no longer a O&O with Allen Media Group owning it?

[Martin Stett]

The reason why?
FWIW:

Want to know why Disney channels are still blacked out on DirecTV a full week into football season? Just Google the phrase “offset by higher contractual rates.”

In one earnings report after another, this type of business jargon explains how Disney and other TV programmers have tried to blunt the impact of cord cutting. While subscriber numbers are tanking, programmers prop up revenues by raising carriage fees for their channels—the aforementioned “higher contractual rates.” Instead of making TV bundles more attractive through choice and flexibility, the industry has chosen to fleece whoever hasn’t reached their personal breaking point through routine price hikes.

This strategy has never been sustainable, and now the bill has come due. The dispute between DirecTV and Disney is a sign that TV providers are reaching their own breaking points, and are no longer willing to sit on their hands while their businesses evaporate—even if it means their customers miss out on football.

https://www.techhive.com/article/245526 ... fired.html

[MasterB]

Deal reached just in time for week 3 of College Football.