Longtime Disney/ESPN executive Justin Connolly resigns from company
Justin Connolly is leaving Disney and ESPN after 25 years with those companies.
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Disney extension with NCTC includes continued/expanded ACC Network carriage, ability to market ESPN+ and Disney+
"Our new deal with the NCTC will allow member operators to continue serving their customers across the country by delivering Disney’s robust and expansive portfolio of networks, which includes the addition of the ACC Network."
With Sinclair local affiliate dispute looming, Dish’s Charlie Ergen says “We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs”
"We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs today. ...We’re not interested in taxing our customers when they don’t watch the channels."
Mediacom adds ACC Network as part of a carriage renewal deal for Disney and ESPN networks
"With Mediacom’s strong presence in key markets, the addition of the ACC Network and its extensive offerings of live sporting events will add tremendous value for their customers."
NBCUniversal threatens to pull channels from Roku in dispute over adding Peacock to platform
Those channels would include NBC Sports and Telemundo Deportes, which carry Premier League and Sunday Night Football.
ACC Network is now available on AT&T U-verse and AT&T TV Now, leaving Comcast as the last big holdout
Another ACC Network holdout bites the dust.
ACC Network strikes a carriage deal with Cox, further boosting its subscriber numbers
This deal means ACC Network could reach as many as 52 million subscribers altogether now.
Here are the first five football games that ESPN will only air on ACCNX
Four games in Week 2 and one in Week 3 will be on "ACC Network Extra," a digital product within the ESPN app only available to authenticated ACC Network subscribers.
Dish’s Charlie Ergen says “It doesn’t look good that the regional sports will ever be on Dish again.”
It doesn't look like the former Fox RSNs will return to Dish any time soon.
Fox RSNs go dark on Dish and Sling TV, causing issues for many MLB fans, and the sides are now reportedly “far apart”
After a temporary extension Sunday, the Fox RSNs have now gone dark on Dish and Sling TV. And the sides don't seem close to a deal.
Disney has struck a deal with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC) for carriage of the ACC Network and more
The 750+ members of the NCTC can now opt in to carry the ACC Network at launch.
ACC Network approaches launch with no Comcast/Dish/Charter deals; is league optimism further deals will happen justified?
The ACC Network's current announced deals only cover about 20 million homes, although more are expected by launch. But there are still some big holdouts, including Comcast, Dish, and Charter.
Charter has reportedly agreed to a RSN carriage deal in principle with Sinclair, even before Sinclair’s RSN purchase closes
This may help alleviate some of the immediate worries about the RSNs' future carriage under Sinclair.
Larry Scott says Pac-12 Networks have no DirecTV progress, AT&T U-Verse might drop them. Should they try part of the “Ballers” plan?
The Pac-12 Networks' carriage issues might get even worse if AT&T U-Verse drops them.
CBS and Dish “far apart” on deal, so Thanksgiving Cowboys-Chargers game and Iron Bowl may be blacked out in 14 big markets
Dish subscribers in 14 of the biggest markets around the country no longer have access to CBS, just in time for Thursday's Thanksgiving Cowboys-Chargers game and Saturday's Iron Bowl.
The Pac-12 Networks now have a distribution deal in China, but still no DirecTV deal
The Pac-12 will be distributing some of its games and programming in China through Alibaba and Youku Todou.
PlayStation Vue adds numerous ABC and NBC local affiliates
PS Vue has added 18 ABC affiliates and several NBC affiliates.
Disney carriage negotiations could boost ESPN subscribers and fees, and change the network’s narrative
Disney could make hundreds of millions more annually from ESPN fees with successful carriage negotiations.
