We feel your pain, whether it's NFL football, championship tennis, or reruns of Bluey that today's T.V. crisis is causing your household.
For the past seven days, millions of subscribers to Charter Spectrum's cable service have been unable to watch Disney-owned stations such as ABC, The Disney Channel, and ESPN due to a dispute between Charter Communications and the House of the Mouse, threatening sports and cartoon fans alike as the NFL season gets underway.
The standoff between Charter Communications and the Walt Disney Co. that has left millions of Spectrum cable subscribers without access to these and other channels appeared nowhere close to resolution today, with both sides indicating there's been no movement toward a deal that would restore the programming.
"As the U.S. Open reaches the men's and women's finals, and fans gear
up for a weekend of college football and the opening of the NFL season,
it's unfortunate that Charter decided to abandon their consumers by denying
them access to our great programming," according to a Disney statement issued Thursday.
"While they have stated their 'indifference' to the needs of millions of paying customers, we will not lose sight of what is most important--investing in the highest-quality stories, news and sports for our audience.