Hours ahead of “Monday Night Football,” which airs on Disney’s ESPN, the companies reached a deal that would allow millions of Charter cable customers to watch the game.
The deal will see Disney’s ad-supported streaming apps Disney+ and ESPN+ included in packages for some of Charter’s Spectrum pay TV customers. Disney will receive an increase on the subscriber fees it receives from Charter.
Earlier on Monday CNBC’s David Faber reported a deal between the two companies was nearing and would include a discount on pricing for Disney streaming services for Charter customers.
[To paraphrase Wilford Brimley … wonderful thing, kickoffs. “Discount” apparently means “free” according to the CNBC rundown. Disney got higher carriage fees but coughed up premium access for Charter/Spectrum’s subscribers. I don’t think that makes this a win for the House of Mouse. — Ed]
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