ABC and ESPN are among them. Major cities affected include Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Houston.
Disney-owned channels -- ABC and ESPN among them -- went dark Thursday night for Charter Spectrum subscribers after Charter and Disney failed to come to an agreement on terms for Charter to carry Disney.
"The Walt Disney Company has removed their programming from Spectrum which creates hardship for our customers," Spectrum said in aon a website Spectrum created called disneyespnfairdeal.com."We offered Disney a fair deal, yet they are demanding an excessive increase." "They also want to limit our ability to provide greater customer choice in programming packages forcing you to take and pay for channels you may not want," Spectrum said."The rising cost of programming is the single greatest factor in higher cable TV prices, and we are fighting hard to hold the line on programming rates imposed on us by companies like Disney.
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