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Why Charter and Disney Are Fighting, and What It Means for Viewers



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What is this fight over?On its surface, the quarrel is about how much Disney can charge Charter for its content, and how much Charter’s customers will pay for access to Disney’s streaming apps. But it could also have wider consequences. Charter and Disney are two of the biggest players in the cable and TV industries, and they disagree over the best way to distribute movies and TV shows in an era when traditional viewership is eroding and streaming is on the rise.How common are these disagreements?Fights between cable companies and content providers happen all the time. Media companies like Disney generally want to charge more for their content, and cable providers like Charter are trying to minimize their costs at a time of declining subscribers. Until an agreement i …

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