Disney and DirecTV have reached a deal to end a blackout in time for college football this weekend.
Disney's networks have been dark for DirecTV's customers for roughly two weeks, leaving them without college football, the U.S. Open and"Monday Night Football."
The dispute left DirecTV's more than 11 million customers without access to the U.S. Open, college football and this season's opening"Monday Night Football" game.DirecTV executives began calling for the ability to offer skinnier, genre-specific bundles to customers in the weeks leading up to the dispute, and again when the Disney networks went dark. Disney had said that DirecTV's offers did not reflect the value that its networks provide.
Through the blackout the companies, their customers and other business owners appear to have lost out. DirecTV offered its customers a $30 credit, financed by stopping payments to Disney as soon as the blackout began, Torres said. Disney had sought to temporarily allow DirecTV to offer ABC to its customers for that night, but the pay TV provider refused. DirecTV called it a public relations play and said it did not believe it was necessary to open ABC since the debate was also being broadcast on several other news networks.
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