Day five of the he said, she said between ABC and Cablevision featured the requisite barbs from both sides as Disney’s Sunday deadline for an agreement on retransmission fees — and a potential Oscar broadcast blackout for New York — looms.
The only notable twist on Friday came from Cablevision, which invoked Disney chief Bob Iger’s name for the first time since the dispute began.
“There is one man who is going to decide whether New York gets to see the Oscars, and that’s Disney president and CEO Bob Iger," Cablevision executive VP Charles Schueler said. "Cablevision already pays Disney more than $200 million a year and now they are demanding $40 million more.