AT&T Carriage Talks Could Lead to Blackout, Disney Says
Disney is warning of a possible blackout of several owned-and-operated ABC stations, ESPN and other networks on AT&T. It established a website that says it's offering carriage terms similar to other agreements reached with other MVPDs, but the sides haven't…
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come to agreement. It said negotiations cover WABC-TV New York; KABC-TV Los Angeles; WTVD Durham, North Carolina; KGO-TV San Francisco; KTRK-TV Houston; KFSN-TV Fresno, California; WLS-TV Chicago; WPVI-TV Philadelphia; the ESPN and Disney networks; and Freeform. AT&T said it's "disappointed [Disney] put their viewers into the middle of negotiations. We are on the side of consumer choice and value and want to keep Disney channels and owned-and-operated local ABC stations in eight cities in our customers’ lineups. We hope to avoid any interruption to the services some of our customers care about."