The two companies said in their joint press release that Disney would provide Disney+ to Charter as part of a “wholesale arrangement,” but they did not elaborate on the specific terms.

Ultimately, Disney agreed to a historic deal, offering Charter’s subscribers access to services such as Disney+. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Mario Tama/Getty Imagesĭisney agrees to $9.5 million settlement over Magic Key annual pass dispute Disney will lay off several thousand workers this week amid an overall push by the media giant to cut 7,000 total jobs in an effort to save $5.5 billion in costs. The cable company, which does most of its business offering broadband internet, had threatened to exit the television business altogether if such a deal could not be struck.ĪNAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 24: People walk toward an entrance to Disneyland on Apin Anaheim, California. A carriage deal is a distribution agreement.Ĭharter had demanded Disney offer greater bundling flexibility and provide its subscribers access to its direct-to-consumer services, which the Magic Kingdom had resisted. The showdown resulted in major Disney-owned channels being yanked off the air for Charter’s Spectrum subscribers over Labor Day weekend, angering viewers and raising existential questions for the traditional cable business as it quickly became clear it was not the usual carriage battle. Open taking place and the NFL season getting underway, laying bare the strained relations between distributors and content providers that has simmered beneath the surface for years. The brawl between Disney and Charter, which erupted into view with the U.S. It will be more confusing than ever to watch an NFL game this season (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) Ronald Martinez/Getty Images INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 30: Ronnie Rivers #30 of the Los Angeles Rams is tackled by Fred Warner #54 of the San Francisco 49ers during the second quarter at SoFi Stadium on Octoin Inglewood, California. The agreement between Disney and Charter came in the nick of time, just hours before the premiere of “Monday Night Football” on ESPN, giving relief to the millions of households who subscribe to Charter and otherwise would not have had access to the NFL game.

The deal could signal more such deals to come, with cable and satellite television providers demanding content companies such as Disney provide their subscribers with access to their alluring streaming services often loaded with premium original shows and films. ESPN+ will be included for more premium subscriptions, as will ESPN’s forthcoming direct-to-consumer service. Possibly related are Greek diá 'apart, through' (see dia-), assuming *dis-a-, and the West Germanic prefix represented by Old Saxon and Old Frisian te- 'apart, in pieces,' Old High German zi-, ze- (also zer-, perhaps crossed with zur-, Old English and Old Norse tor- 'with difficulty,' Gothic tuz-, from the Germanic outcome of Indo-European *dus-) and Old English and Old Saxon to- (assimilated to tō to entry 1?) the Gothic counterpart dis- 'apart, away,' with apparently unshifted d-, has no accepted explanation.Disney and Charter Communications announced on Monday that the companies had struck a “transformative agreement” to end a closely watched carriage dispute, a move that will restore access to channels like ESPN and ABC to the nation’s second largest cable television provider’s nearly 15 million subscribers.Īs part of the agreement, Disney will in the coming weeks provide the advertiser-supported offering of Disney+ to select Charter television packages.

Latin dis- is conventionally linked with bi- bi- entry 1, bis 'twice,' going back to *duis, but the loss of -u- is unexplained (perhaps from Indo-European *dus- 'bad, dys-,' otherwise unattested in Latin, crossed with duis-?). Borrowed from Middle French & Latin Middle French des-, borrowed from Latin dis-, dī- (before b, d, g, l, m, n, v, r), dir- (before vowels), dif- (before f) 'apart, asunder, in two,' of uncertain origin

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