Right on schedule, the politicians are starting to weigh in on the feud between Walt Disney Co.’s ABC and Cablevision Systems. At issue are fees ABC wants Cablevision to pay to carry WABC-TV, its New York City station. Cablevision has about 3.1 million subscribers in that region. Cablevision says Disney
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Disney and Cablevision Take ABC Fight Public
The Walt Disney Company and Cablevision each told viewers to take a side — their side — on Tuesday in a brewing battle over distribution payments that are increasingly seen as vital for television broadcasters. Talks were halted Monday night between Disney, the owner of the ABC network, and Cablevision,
Disney’s ABC may drop from Cablevision over fees
Walt Disney Co’s (DIS.N) ABC network threatened on Monday to drop its programs from Cablevision (CVC.N) in a dispute over fees, similar to an impasse between Fox and Time Warner Cable Inc (TWC.N) that was resolved earlier this year. ABC said it would begin running on-air messages to Cablevision subscribers
