The blackout could end Monday with a new distribution deal, hours before the New York Jets-Buffalo Bills 'Monday Night Football' game on ESPN.
Following a multi-day ESPN and ABC station blackout that infuriated customers, Walt Disney Co. and cable giant Charter Communications are close to a truce that would restore Disney channels to the Spectrum pay-TV service.
The companies were inching in on a new agreement Monday, two people close to the negotiations but not authorized to comment said. The breakthrough came hours before a highly anticipated “Monday Night Football” match-up on ESPN featuring quarterback Aaron Rodgers leading his new team, the New York Jets, against the Buffalo Bills. Charter’s largest market is New York City, where customers also were shut out of ESPN’s coverage for much of the U.S. Open tennis championships.Pressure had been building for the two companies to reach a resolution.
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