The channels went off the air Thursday night due to a carriage dispute between the nation’s second-largest cable TV provider and Disney, the parent company of the sports network.
ESPN is among a number of Disney Entertainment channels that have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems.
ESPN was carrying a college football game between Florida and No. 14 Utah while ESPN2 was showing the U.S. Open tennis tournament, including the second-round match between top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Lloyd Harris, when the channels went dark for Charter Spectrum's 14.7 million subscribers.The move angered sports fans, and the U.S. Tennis Association wasn't pleased with the timing.
Both Charter Spectrum and the Walt Disney Co. said in statements that negotiations have been going on for a while. “We offered Disney a fair deal, yet they are demanding an excessive increase,” Charter Spectrum said in a note to customers. “They also want to limit our ability to provide greater customer choice in programming packages forcing you to take and pay for channels you may not want. The rising cost of programming is the single greatest factor in higher cable TV prices, and we are fighting hard to hold the line on programming rates imposed on us by companies like Disney.
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