By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Football fans will be the next biggest losers if an epic battle between Walt Disney and Charter Communications fails to ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS - Football fans will be the next biggest losers if an epic battle between Walt Disney and Charter Communications fails to settle before the kickoff of Monday Night Football next week.
If an agreement cannot be reached by Monday evening, Spectrum subscribers in New York and Los Angeles will be unable to watch the first Monday Night Football game of the season, pitting the Buffalo Bills against the New York Jets, now led by veteran quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Such"carriage disputes" are commonplace in the media world, Charter argues this negotiation is different because the video ecosystem is broken. Some 25 million cable subscribers have cut the cord, industry-wide, over the last five years, as rising prices for content translate to higher fees for subscribers, contributing to the exodus.
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