11 million DirecTV subscribers lose access to ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels due to failed carriage agreement.

ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels have gone dark on DirecTV after the two companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement, affecting over 11 million subscribers. This blackout coincided with the U.S. Open tennis tournament and the first weekend of college football, marking the second consecutive year of such disruption. The U.S. Tennis Association expressed disappointment, highlighting ongoing tensions between networks and distributors over content access and pricing models.