Disney stations together with ABC, ESPN, FX and Disney Channel are again on Dish and Sling TV after the 2 events reached a tentative settlement, Deadline has reported. A complete of 17 Disney channels disappeared from the companies on Friday, October 1st over a carriage disagreement.
“We have reached a handshake settlement with Dish/Sling TV, which correctly displays truthful market worth and phrases for The Walt Disney Company’s… content material,” a Disney spokesperson stated in a press release. “As a consequence, we’re happy to revive our portfolio of networks on a short lived foundation whereas each events work to finalize a brand new deal.”
Dish had accused Disney of holding “viewers hostage for negotiation leverage, claiming that it needed to incorporate ESPN and ESPN2 into non-sports packages.” At the identical time, Disney stated Dish failed to offer it a good supply to maintain ESPN and National Geographic on Dish/Sling TV. “After months of negotiating in good religion, Dish has declined to succeed in a good, market-based settlement with us for continued distribution of our networks,” the corporate advised Variety in a press release on Friday.
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Last yr, Disney channels vanished from YouTube TV in December over an analogous dispute, however returned only a day later. Meanwhile, HBO and Cinemax went darkish on Dish in 2018, and solely reappeared final yr (together with HBO Max). As of Q2 2022, Dish and Sling TV had round 10 million US subscribers mixed, in line with Statista.