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DirecTV on Sunday stated it filed a grievance with the U.S. Federal Communications Fee that claims media firm Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) failed to barter in good religion and engaged in anticompetitive habits.
The satellite-television supplier stated Disney (DIS) imposed unreasonable phrases on renewing the distribution settlement between the 2 corporations. The calls for embody necessities on bundling and market penetration that had been dominated as illegal by a federal courtroom, Reuters reported.
DirecTV additionally claimed Disney (DIS) pushed for a “fats bundle” of channels that might power the programming distributor to supply much less in style programming as Disney (DIS) provided inexpensive “skinnier” packages to viewers.
A Disney (DIS) spokesperson instructed Reuters that it continues to barter with DirecTV.
The continuing carriage dispute already has led greater than 11 million subscribers to DirecTV to lose entry to Disney’s (DIS) community manufacturers together with ESPN. The battle highlights the talk over programming bundles as DirectTV seeks to supply lower-cost skinny packages and Disney seeks to guard its in style networks.
