Disney/Charter Huddle Avoids a Dreaded MNF Blackout

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Now that's called getting the ball across the goal line at the last second.

Just in time for ESPN's first Monday Night Football broadcast of the nascent NFL season, parent company Disney and Spectrum Cable provider Charter Communications agreed on a new deal after a protracted blackout of the House of Mouse's cable stations. Was the showdown a real-time collapse of the cable TV model?

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