DirecTV, Disney fight turns nasty, quickly

On Sunday, the carriage dispute between Disney and DirecTV resulted in all Disney-owned networks disappearing from DirecTV's satellite and streaming services.Usually, such fights becomes a predictable finger-pointing exercise, with the provider blaming the networks and the networks blaming provider - with the truth usually that they're all to blame.As noted by sports business reporter Daniel Kaplan on X, a press release from DirecTV adds to the typical they're being cheap and they're being greedy contentions a reference to the recent litigation that upended (for now, and possibly for good) the sports mega-streamer proposed by Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery."[J]ust hours before today's expiration, Disney demanded that to reach any licensing agreement or to extend access to its programming, DIRECTV must agree to waive all claims that Disney's behavior is anti-competitive," DirecTV contends. "Moreover, any future lawsuits resulting from DIRECTV/Disney licensing agreements would be adjudicated in California - and not New York - because - as Disney counsel specifically stated - SDNY Judge Garnett 'didn't understand the issues' when granting a preliminary injunction against...