How to watch ESPN amid Disney-DirecTV blackout
Over Labor Day weekend, more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels such as ABC. The channels went off the air right before the LSU-USC college football game and during the US Open tennis tournament.
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Some sports fans this weekend could miss around two dozen games and matches as DirecTV and Disney continue to negotiate a new contract.
DirecTV, Disney reach deal to end blackout in time for college football
DirecTV customers received a surprise Saturday just in time for Week 3 of college football. After a roughly two-week blackout and growing frustration from customers, DirecTV and Disney reached a deal Saturday morning that brought ESPN and other Disney-owned channels back to the pay-tv provider’s customers.
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Disney and DirecTV on Saturday ended a tense contract dispute that will restore television channels including ESPN, ABC and FX to over 11 million subscribers of the satellite TV service that had lost access to those stations during a nearly two-week blackout period.
The mouse returns to satellite: DirecTV and Disney strike a deal to end blackout
Days of missed programming ended Saturday as Disney and DirecTV reached an accord, thus ending a 13-day blackout a day before ABC was set to host the Emmys.
DirecTV and Disney Reach Deal That Ends ESPN, ABC Blackout
The agreement comes just in time to let DirecTV customers check out Sunday's Emmy Awards and Monday Night Football.
Disney, DirecTV reach deal to restore ESPN, ABC, other networks as college, pro football seasons ramp up
Disney and DirecTV announced on Saturday they had reached a deal to restore its "entire portfolio of networks," including ESPN and ABC, to the satellite provider following a two-week blackout. The "agreement in principle" comes as the college and pro football seasons are ramping up.
ESPN and other channels return to DirecTV with a new Disney deal after a nearly 2-week blackout
DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.
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