( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and men’s finals.” The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it enters its second week. [CutID: <Cuts> DIRECTV-DISNEY-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 26s Title: DIRECTV-DISNEY-house-q-MONam Out-cue: and men’s finals] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. DirecTV has 11.3 million subscribers, according to Leichtman […]
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DirecTV files complaint against Disney with FCC as impasse enters 2nd week
( ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “and men’s finals.”
The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it enters its second week.
[CutID: <Cuts> DIRECTV-DISNEY-house-q-MONam.mp3
Time: 26s
Title: DIRECTV-DISNEY-house-q-MONam
Out-cue: and men’s finals]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. DirecTV has 11.3 million subscribers, according to Leichtman Research Group, making it the nation’s third-largest pay TV provider.
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VERBATIM: DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over the weekend, accusing Disney of negotiating in bad faith. Disney channels, including ESPN and ABC-owned stations in nine markets, have been off DirecTV since the evening of September first. That meant DirecTV customers were blacked out from viewing most college football games and the final week of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, including the women’s and men’s finals.