Disney+ slashes subscription price to $1.99 amid cable dispute
Disney is slashing its prices to boost streaming subscribers at Disney+ amid its epic battle with cable provider, Charter Communications.
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Disney is slashing its prices to boost streaming subscribers at Disney+ amid its epic battle with cable provider, Charter Communications.
The Walt Disney Company is urging customers of Charter Communications to cut the cord and ditch their cable subscription.
“I’m madder than a wet hen,” said Mary K. O’Brien, 90, of Lenox, who was watching the U.S. Open when her television screen went black without explanation.
One of the biggest cable companies in the United States has a message for media companies, its major partners in a decades-old business: The traditional cable-TV model is broken, and it needs to be fixed or abandoned. Cable TV has become too expensive for consumers and providers, Charter Communications said in an 11-page presentation to investors Friday, adding that cord-cutters and rising fees are contributing to a “vicious video cycle.” The presentation comes amid negotiations between Charter
A number of Disney Entertainment channels have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems including ABC, ESPN, FX and Freeform, isolating the country’s second-largest cable TV provider from its 14.7 million subscribers.