Disney and DirecTV head into a big sports weekend with no carriage deal

Negotiations for a caller carriage woody betwixt Disney and DirecTV are continuing into this weekend, reports Deadline. Meanwhile, the 2 are lobbing messaging astatine customers who are near retired successful the acold arsenic the archetypal NFL play kicks off.

It’s been a week since DirecTV customers person been capable to ticker channels similar ABC oregon ESPN. Disney published posts connected Instagram and elsewhere, Variety wrote, pointing DirecTV viewers to alternatives similar Spectrum oregon Disney’s ain Hulu with unrecorded TV subscription to ticker things similar the US Open tennis tournament oregon the upcoming Monday Night Football crippled betwixt the Jets and the 49ers.

Last week, Disney accused DirecTV of “an statement that undervalues our portfolio,” portion DirecTV insisted that Disney is conscionable trying to “maximize profits” astatine customers’ expense.

DirecTV posted yesterday that it’s offering credits to affected customers if they subscribe to Sling oregon Fubo, and accused Disney of doing “everything it tin to support you from watching your favourite squad unless they connection it to you exclusively.” The institution besides pointed retired Disney’s past bearer disputes that led to blackouts of Spectrum past year, Dish successful 2022, and YouTube TV successful 2021.