DirecTV Issuing Credits to Customers as Disney Channels Go Dark. Here's How to Collect.

Around 4 p.m. PST Sunday, a blackout of Walt Disney Co.-owned channels connected DirecTV affected astir 11 cardinal homes.

This included ESPN and ABC, stations airing highly-anticipated sporting events, including a awesome assemblage shot matchup and primetime astatine nan U.S. Open tennis tournament. The blackout came aft weeks of back-and-forth negotiations regarding nan fees Disney requires to big its contented connected DirecTV's platforms ended successful a stalemate, per nan Los Angeles Times.

On Sunday evening, nan companies issued dueling statements blaming nan other.

DirecTV's Chief Content Officer, Rob Thun, said that Disney was chasing profits.

"They want to proceed to pursuit maximum profits and ascendant power astatine nan disbursal of consumers — making it harder for them to prime nan shows and sports they want astatine a reasonable price," Thun said successful a statement.

Disney, meanwhile, issued a statement from Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, co-chairmen of Disney Entertainment, and Jimmy Pitaro, president of ESPN urging DirecTV to "do what's successful nan champion liking of their customers and finalize a woody that would instantly reconstruct our programming."

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The connection said DirecTV is "undervaluing" its content.

"DirecTV chose to contradict millions of subscribers entree to our contented conscionable arsenic we caput into nan last week of nan US Open and cogwheel up for assemblage shot and nan opening of nan NFL season," nan connection read. "While we're unfastened to offering DirecTV elasticity and position which we've extended to different distributors, we will not participate into an statement that undervalues our portfolio of tv channels and programs."

How to Get DirecTV's $20 credit

Customers must sojourn https://www.directv.com/tvpromise/ and capable retired nan needed fields (location, service, etc.). The in installments could look successful 2 abstracted billing cycles, per nan website.

The long of nan blackout is uncertain; however, a erstwhile conflict pinch Charter Communications resulted successful a 12-day transmission suspension.