Carriage Dispute Sees Disney TV Channels, Including ABC and ESPN, Go Dark on Charter Spectrum Cable Systems

Do not adjust your set. If it has lost a few of your favourite viewing channels, there is a reason. A corporate dispute means a number of Disney Entertainment channels have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems including ABC, ESPN, FX and Freeform, effectively isolating the country’s second-largest cable TV provider from its 14.7 million subscribers.

The channels disappeared off air Thursday night at about 5 p.m. Pacific due to a distribution fee dispute between the nation’s second-largest cable TV provider — which is the major carrier in New York and Los Angeles, among numerous other markets — and Disney, AP reports.