The carriage contract DTV has with Disney is up at midnight tonight. This means barring ESPN allowing its channels to be carried while negotiations continue, ABC and ESPN channels will be unavailable to DTV customers tomorrow.
This seems like a dangerous game for DTV. I'm pretty sure Disney would like nothing more than to see a massive drive of signups to Disney+ or whatever its streaming offerings are. Will any of you with DTV who still haven't gone exclusively to streaming services like YouTube, Fubo, etc. finally drop DTV if the Disney channels go off DTV for even a few days? Monday Night Football is probably the big hook ESPN is trying to use to drive its contract up, but if people drop DTV and go to pay ESPN directly, DTV may have to capitulate to ESPN, but it also may not be able to get customers it loses back.
If you were on the fence about buying the ESPN+ coverage to see more Stanford games (of whatever sports), could this dispute push you off DTV for good?
Anyone impacted by this and care to comment about their plans?
This seems like a dangerous game for DTV. I'm pretty sure Disney would like nothing more than to see a massive drive of signups to Disney+ or whatever its streaming offerings are. Will any of you with DTV who still haven't gone exclusively to streaming services like YouTube, Fubo, etc. finally drop DTV if the Disney channels go off DTV for even a few days? Monday Night Football is probably the big hook ESPN is trying to use to drive its contract up, but if people drop DTV and go to pay ESPN directly, DTV may have to capitulate to ESPN, but it also may not be able to get customers it loses back.
If you were on the fence about buying the ESPN+ coverage to see more Stanford games (of whatever sports), could this dispute push you off DTV for good?
Anyone impacted by this and care to comment about their plans?
