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Disney and Charter communications are in a dispute that has left 15 million cable subscribers without the ability to access Disney channels such as ESPN.
NY officials are pushing Spectrum to give refunds after a blackout related to a dispute between Spectrum and Disney restricted programming for customers.
The dispute over Spectrum subscribers' access to premium Disney content could indicate a larger shift in television
This case right now. >> hadas, i don't suppose there's any way at this early date to tell which wide is getting the upper hand with the judge yet? >> it's really hard to tell. but it was interesting yesterday. there was another witness, an m.i.t. professor who did a survey that was commissioned by the justice department to look at how many cable subscribers would drop their packages if they lost access to turner channels like cnn or tnt. the judge asked him some questions about the survey that was conducted online. he said how do you know they're telling the truth? what if they have questions ...
So more cable subscribers are making the decision to cut the cord and paying to stream video through services like netflix and hulu. well, now some local governments are trying to make up some lost revenue by adding utility tax to video streaming sites. claudia explains how it all works. >> the power to tax they squeeze out one place, they pop up somewhere else. >> cities argue they're losing money and need to get creative. cable providers lost more than three-quarters of a million subscribers in the first three months of this year. five times more than during the same period last year. a tren...