Hard to tell what's actually going on here because we are only hearing curated talking points from 2 corporate behemoths PR departments. Seems that Disney wants to charge broadband providers a premium and package all of their channels together, and Charter is saying no, you are asking too much and all we want is ESPN.
Funny how this happens right at the start of college and pro football season. Which is double lame because the Disney ESPN+ App doesn't even allow you to watch ESPN unless you already pay for a cable service that includes ESPN Friggin scam. The broadband providers are even worse because even if you cut the cord, you are still paying through the nose for the internet access by itself.
Hopefully this leads to dissolution of the broadband monopoly on broadband internet access and cable tv, and eventually more a la carte options for the handful of channels worth watching, but in the near term I'm not holding my breathe
Disney blames Charter for the ESPN blackout
Charter, meanwhile, blames Disney for rising prices.
www.theverge.com
Funny how this happens right at the start of college and pro football season. Which is double lame because the Disney ESPN+ App doesn't even allow you to watch ESPN unless you already pay for a cable service that includes ESPN Friggin scam. The broadband providers are even worse because even if you cut the cord, you are still paying through the nose for the internet access by itself.
Hopefully this leads to dissolution of the broadband monopoly on broadband internet access and cable tv, and eventually more a la carte options for the handful of channels worth watching, but in the near term I'm not holding my breathe