Disney ja Charter pääsivät sopuun.
Charter sai Disneyltä kiristettyä luvan jaella Disney+:aa omille maksaville asiakkailleen ilmaiseksi. Charter olisi myös halunnut ESPN+:n ja Hulun samaan pakettiin, mutta niitä ei Disney luovuttanut. Aiemmin Charter on sanonut, että käyttää jatkossa samaa strategiaa neuvotteluissa muiden mediayhtiöiden kanssa.
Charter wanted Disney to provide ad-supported Disney+, for free, to its Spectrum cable-video customers. The argument on the MVPD (Multichannel Video Programming Distributor) side was that the multiplatform entertainment brand has steadily been pushing all of its quality content to the flagship streaming service, leaving its many cable channels with nothing but scraps. Charter has to pay for those, which means it was the Spectrum video customers ultimately picking up the tab.
The cable provider was also interested in providing (free) ad-supported ESPN+ and Hulu access to its clients, IndieWire was told last week, but Disney+ was the real sticking point. Negotiations kind of got there: Charter will pay Disney a wholesale rate for Disney+ and ESPN+, and certain Spectrum subscribers will get the streamers for free.