Re: I think Disney and Spectrum have both miscalculated the impact

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of their standoff. Just as there can be pent-up demand for things you want in an economy, there’s a tremendous amount of pent-up frustration with Disney, cable providers, and the state of college football. And here we are with a dispute that bundles(see what I did there) all of those frustrations into one package. In my view, both Disney and Charter will emerge from this weaker, and direct to customer services stronger. Not only that, I truly think this standoff may be a seminal event for that change to be abrupt and dramatic.

of the Florida/Utah game was no coincidence, but rather a design to prompt the greatest customer outrage against Spectrum. What I keep reading are comdemnations of Disney.

I believe both should have been required to post a public announcement of an impending blackout at least one week prior, ordered into arbitration during that week and mandated equally to place into escrow funds a total refund of Spectrum customers' TV package deals for one month and continuing monthly until arbitrage is accomplished.

Simply put, the obnoxious greed should be met with steep penalties on behalf of millions of Americans who are/were using the service.

Lastly, I believe the Department of Justice should open an investigation into Disney for anti-trust violations, especially considering the enormous power it holds over sports' markets through its ownership of ESPN. At the very least I believe Congress should call both firms into investigation.

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Sep 7, 2023, 7:35 AM

Spectrum/Charter whatever you want to call it, and you can choose to believe it or not, but want to keep their rates competitive. Lot of competition and people will cut you off for a penny. ESPN continues to do this and will do it to whomever you decide to use. It’s money per subscriber. These providers keep giving in there is no telling where our tv prices will go. Someone said they were paying 285; well that could go to 315 and you would ##### that Spectrum keeps raising their tv rates where in reality they base prices off of what they pay the providers.
When I started at my current company in 1996 I believe we were paying $10 for HBO and charged $11. I side with the providers because I would rather keep television halfway affordable. Also you do understand we want more money for our teams and that sounds great but someone is paying for these deals and that would be the consumer. ESPN surely has some re-nogiations with the SEC and ACC and we all know they are going to pay more so they will recoup that money with you and I. I’m not for govt regulation but this is one deal where it would not hurt to have it reigned in. If you sign a contract ESPN should not be able to come in and hold a provider hostage to hurt the consumers. That’s just the way I see it.

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I think Disney and Spectrum have both miscalculated the impact