N/S ESPN and Some Disney Affiliated Properties Go Dark on Directv (1 Viewer)

[NatureBoy]

I swear they cut off ABC last year too before football season. I don't know how DTV users do it. It's gotta get old watching billionaire companies do a stand off every year before football season at the expense of viewers. With how popular streaming and cord cutting is now, I'm still shocked DTV is a thing tbh

Some of us have Directv stream. I just cut the cord with Xfinity/Comcast. I love the Astros. Their regional network is only carried on 3 streaming outlets, one being Xfinity, the others Directv and Fubo. So I went to Directv Stream. I'll give this a few days to settle, if it doens't work out I'll have to cancel Directv Stream and go to Fubo.

 

[cajnwillie]

I swear they cut off ABC last year too before football season. I don't know how DTV users do it. It's gotta get old watching billionaire companies do a stand off every year before football season at the expense of viewers. With how popular streaming and cord cutting is now, I'm still shocked DTV is a thing tbh

Last year they cut off FOX, the year before it was NBC. FOX was resolved quickly…NBC still isn’t on the Direct TV feed. I quit DTV last year when the FOX dispute started. They got my wife to switch DTV streaming by saying that everything was resolved…but NBC wasn’t. I’ll have ABC and ESPN next weekend with DTV or someone else.

 

[Saint Jack]

I swear they cut off ABC last year too before football season. I don't know how DTV users do it. It's gotta get old watching billionaire companies do a stand off every year before football season at the expense of viewers. With how popular streaming and cord cutting is now, I'm still shocked DTV is a thing tbh

It’s still a thing in rural areas.
I have a few relatives in rural Arkansas and Mississippi and cable/satellite are their only options because the Internet connection is so terrible.

 

[snake pliskin]

It’s still a thing in rural areas.
I have a few relatives in rural Arkansas and Mississippi and cable/satellite are their only options because the Internet connection is so terrible.

The only reason I've kept DTV is for the Pelicans games.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Really hope this gets resolved soon

The issue with directTV and CBS lasted way longer that I thought it would

 

[VPCajun]

In addition to ABC, ESPN *and* SECNetwork being affected;

NatGeo, Freeform and FX, FXM AND FXX Channels are also affected.

 

[bclemms]

Wait, DirecTV is still in business?

 

[soggymoss84]

Called to cancel service due to an $8 a month increase.

Was told the increase is to pay for the new Disney/ESPN deal and that those channels will be restored tomorrow…

ESPN+ gives you the same thing cheaper

 

[greg8710]

I know not everyone can do it but it’s literally only 450 on YouTube

 

[NatureBoy]

Called to cancel service due to an $8 a month increase.

Was told the increase is to pay for the new Disney/ESPN deal and that those channels will be restored tomorrow…

ESPN+ gives you the same thing cheaper

You have to have a tv provider to get espn+. Even though I pay for espn+ they have me blocked from any content that’s strictly on espn, espn2, espnu and sec network

 

[Clintonrebel]

Hitting the sports bars pretty hard for sure. If it wasn’t for commerical customers I don’t know if DirectTV could make it.

 

[Clintonrebel]

You have to have a tv provider to get espn+. Even though I pay for espn+ they have me blocked from any content that’s strictly on espn, espn2, espnu and sec network

Gotta do it family style. In-laws have DTV, daughter has Netflix, we have ESPN+. We make it work, everybody just has to be on their toes to authenticate from who know where.

 

[Optimus Prime]

DirecTV announced Saturday 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.S.

The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch ESPN’s slate of college football games on DirecTV. It also will ensure that ABC’s telecast of the Emmy Awards on Sunday night will be available in more major markets where viewers subscribe to DirecTV’s pay service.

ABC had been unavailable since Sept. 1 on DirecTV in several markets where the station is owned by Disney. Those were located in the San Francisco Bay Area; Fresno, California; New York; Chicago; Philadelphia; Houston; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

DirecTV’s 11 million subscribers abruptly lost access to ESPN, the ABC-owned stations and other Disney-owned channels such as FX and National Geographic during the Labor Day weekend in a dispute over carriage fees and programming flexibility.…..

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.S.

apnews.com

 

[Zztop]

This crap has been getting worse ever since big companies were allowed to acquire other large companies. Now you have a few companies holding all the cards(channels).

Disney: "what? You want to carry ESPN? Well sure, but you also have to carry our other channels too (and pay more for it)."

*Then of course those costs get passed in to the customers.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I know its a popular thing to dump on Disney these days, but ATT/DirecTV was +3 Billion in profit from 2023.