{"id":118248,"date":"2023-09-03T21:49:28","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=118248"},"modified":"2023-09-03T21:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T21:49:28","slug":"why-charter-and-disney-are-fighting-and-what-it-means-for-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/business\/why-charter-and-disney-are-fighting-and-what-it-means-for-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Charter and Disney Are Fighting, and What It Means for Viewers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Messy negotiations between the cable giant Charter Communications and the Walt Disney Company, which owns channels including ESPN and FX, prompted Charter on Friday to proclaim that the business model for cable TV was fundamentally broken.<\/p>\n

The tussle means that millions of Americans will not be able to watch the U.S. Open tennis championship or college football games on Spectrum, Charter\u2019s cable-TV service, this Labor Day weekend. It also has far-reaching implications for the broader media industry.<\/p>\n

Billions of dollars \u2014 and hours of quality TV time \u2014 are at stake in the dispute, which threatens to drag on indefinitely, pushing viewers to seek alternatives to cable TV.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

What is this fight over?<\/span><\/h2>\n

On its surface, the quarrel is about how much Disney can charge Charter for its content, and how much Charter\u2019s customers will pay for access to Disney\u2019s streaming apps. But it could also have wider consequences. Charter and Disney are two of the biggest players in the cable and TV industries, and they disagree over the best way to distribute movies and TV shows in an era when traditional viewership is eroding and streaming is on the rise.<\/p>\n

How common are these disagreements?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Fights between cable companies and content providers happen all the time. Media companies like Disney generally want to charge more for their content, and cable providers like Charter are trying to minimize their costs at a time of declining subscribers. Until an agreement is reached, TV channels often go dark on cable and satellite TV providers for days or weeks at a time, frustrating viewers who believe they are not getting their money\u2019s worth.<\/p>\n

How is this time different?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Charter is positioning the blackout of Disney\u2019s channels, including ESPN, as a fight over the future of TV. The company took the unusual step of scheduling an early-morning news conference on Friday to stake out its position, saying it tried and failed to persuade Disney to agree to a \u201ctransformative deal\u201d that would combine traditional TV packages and subscriptions to streaming apps. Disney has said it has \u201cproposed creative ways to make Disney\u2019s direct-to-consumer services available to their Spectrum TV subscribers.\u201d<\/p>\n

How has Disney responded?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Disney fired back at Charter on Friday, blaming the cable company for refusing to enter a new agreement that \u201creflects market-based terms.\u201d Disney also said in a statement that it had spent billions of dollars on its streaming services, which include Disney+ and ESPN+, and that Charter wanted to give them away to its subscribers free of charge.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharter\u2019s actions are a disservice to consumers ahead of the kickoff for the college football season on ABC and ESPN\u2019s networks,\u201d Disney said in a statement.<\/p>\n

What does this mean for viewers?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Until Disney and Charter reach an agreement, the company\u2019s TV channels, including ESPN, will be dark for the 15 million people who subscribe to Charter\u2019s Spectrum service. For many, that will mean no access to to the U.S. Open tennis tournament, no college football on ESPN and no Saturday morning cartoons like \u201cBluey\u201d on the Disney Channel.<\/p>\n

Still, viewers have some alternatives. Much of Disney\u2019s library of content is available on Disney+, meaning viewers willing to pay a monthly fee can circumvent parts of the cable blackout. And streaming services like YouTube TV still carry the ABC broadcast network and its coverage of the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a chance that with Disney\u2019s channels on Spectrum going dark, Charter\u2019s customers might just cancel their subscriptions and opt for alternatives. But that\u2019s a risk Charter has shown it is willing to take, especially as its business transitions away from cable and toward subscriptions for products like broadband internet and wireless service.<\/p>\n

Benjamin Mullin<\/span> is a media reporter for The Times, covering the major companies behind news and entertainment. More about Benjamin Mullin<\/span><\/p>\n

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