Not this again.
In the latest spat between television programmers and cable operators over fees, Disney is threatening to pull ABC from Cablevision in New York and select suburbs in the tri-state area.
Disney began running ads on WABC-TV Channel 7 in the region on Monday, warning customers that the signal may be pulled on Sunday “due to an unfortunate impasse in retrans negotiations.”
Disney says the ABC blackout would go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Sunday morning, and would affect 3.1 million customers. For New Yorkers planning their annual Oscars viewing parties, this would so not be cool.