The most significant beef at the start of the NFL season isn’t on the field — but in broadcasting. A longstanding dispute between DirecTV and The Walt Disney Company (which owns ESPN) has now bled into the regular season, and fans are suffering as a result.
It’s led to finger pointing from both sides, blame deflection, and subscribers stuck in the middle just frustrated and confused why they can’t watch football on Monday nights. Let’s cut through the noise come from both DirecTV and Disney to dive into this whole beef.
What exactly changed?
Very simply, a contract ended between DirecTV and Disney which dictated the channels which would
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