Disney warns Altice NY users they may lose ESPN, ABC

Bloomberg

Walt Disney Co. is warning New York-area customers of Altice USA cable systems that they will lose ESPN, ABC and the Disney Channel if the companies fail to reach a new programming agreement.
The world’s largest entertainment company plans to air warnings and run messages across viewers’ screens in the affected markets. Altice, which took over pay-TV systems owned by Cablevision Systems, has about 2.4 million subscribers in the area.
“Our contract with Altice is due to expire soon, so we have a responsibility to make our viewers aware of the potential loss of our programming,” Burbank, California-based Disney said. “We remain fully committed to reaching a deal and are hopeful we can do so.”
Disney and Altice are in a high stakes face-off over how much the cable system owner will pay for some of the most-watched
programming on TV, including ESPN’s Monday Night Football games and comedies like ABC’s “Modern Family.”