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“The NFL is so important, its scraps are like saffron,” Charles Benaiah writes.
ESPN Plus (stylized as ESPN+) is a sports-centric subscription video streaming service operated as a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications, with Disney holding a majority stake in the service.
ESPN Plus offers some programming from the flagship ESPN sports channel as well as shows and live sports that are exclusive to the streaming service. The service costs $6 a month or $60 a year to subscribe.
“The NFL is so important, its scraps are like saffron,” Charles Benaiah writes.
Disney has updated its customer agreements in Canada in an attempt to kick freeloaders off its Disney Plus streaming service.
Vizio has launched the standalone ESPN app on its SmartCast-enabled TV sets, the company announced on Tuesday.
ABC will simulcast more Monday Night Football games this season as strikes involving Hollywood actors and writers continue on.
A Charter executive said a deal that allowed Disney-owned channels to return to Spectrum TV ticked all the right boxes.
The inaugural Monday evening broadcast of the new NFL season grabbed 22.644 million, according to officials at ESPN.
A federal judge in Florida has dismissed a pending class action lawsuit against Charter over its week-long dispute with Disney.
All affected Spectrum TV subscribers will get a $15 bill credit if they lost one or more Disney-owned channels.
Freeform, FXX and Nat Geo Wild won’t be available to Spectrum TV subscribers from Monday.
Disney and Charter have reached a new carriage deal that ends a blackout affecting ABC, ESPN and FX channels.