


The deal is done and all is right once again with the sports broadcasting world — at least for now.
The Wall Street Journal reported Disney (the parent company of ESPN) and Charter Spectrum have reached a carriage agreement, ending a blackout that started last month and extended more than a week.
The deal affects approximately 15 million subscribers and ensures that Charter Spectrum Jets fans will be able to watch Aaron Rodgers’ regular-season debut with New York when he faces the Buffalo Bills at MetLife Stadium on “Monday Night Football.”
Upon hearing the news, football fans on social media seemed pleased about the end of the stalemate.
“Just in time,” one person tweeted.
Another X user tweeted, “Shouldn’t have taken that long but that’s great news for football fans.”
“Funny how it always happens ‘hours before,'” another person wrote.
Last week, The Post’s Andrew Marchand reported on the standoff, one of several in the last decades involving cable providers.
One of the issues is Disney CEO Bob Iger’s commitment to offering ESPN directly to consumers by 2026, potentially cutting cable providers like Charter Spectrum out of the equation.
In the new carriage deal, when Disney releases its direct-to-consumer version of ESPN, Charter pay-TV customers will be able to get it, according to the Journal.
It also reported Charter agreed to higher rates for Disney’s channels in exchange for providing Disney+ and ESPN+ to its pay-TV subscribers.
Unfortunately, the deal came too late for Charter Spectrum college football fans who had to miss Saturday’s showdown between No. 11 Texas and No. 3 Alabama.
Charter Spectrum tennis fans also missed the U.S. Open finals, including Coco Gauff’s breakthrough moment and Novak Djokovic’s historic win.