Dish Network fails to reach agreement with ESPN, Disney, leaving college football fans scrambling

DISH failed to reach an agreement with Disney and subsequently ESPN, leaving college football fans scrambling ahead of a monster Saturday slate of games.

Early Saturday morning, DISH tweeted out the harrowing news, revealing their “contract has expired” with Disney, but they’re trying to reach “a fair agreement” in the meantime.

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Our contract has expired with The Walt Disney Company. Our goal and priority is to reach a fair agreement to bring their channels back as quickly as possible. Visit https://t.co/TH9bxCgYKp for more information and to make your voice heard, call Disney at 818-560-1000. pic.twitter.com/XD7YIOQRsK

— DISH (@dish) October 1, 2022

“Our contract has expired with The Walt Disney Company. Our goal and priority is to reach a fair agreement to bring their channels back as quickly as possible,” tweeted DISH on Saturday. “Visit http://dishpromise.com for more information and to make your voice heard, call Disney at 818-560-1000.”

Indisputably, this couldn’t come at a more inconvenient time for customers who double as DISH customers and college football fans. Here’s the full list of channels that’ll now be missing from the television guide for DISH customers.

Channels disappearing from the TV lineup of DISH customers on Saturday:

• ESPN
• ESPN2
• ESPNU
• ESPN News
• ESPN Deportes
• Disney Channel
• Disney Jr.
• Disney XD
• Freeform
• Baby TV
• FX
• FXX
• FXM
• National Geographic
• Nat Geo Wild
• Nat Geo Mundo
• ACC Network
• SEC Network
• Longhorn Network
• Local ABC Channels

As DISH continues to negotiate with Disney, they’re asking all customers affected by the loss of the many aforementioned channels to make their voice heard. The television provider is hoping customers will relay the following message to Disney, with the idea of joining the fight.

“Dear Disney, I am a DISH customer asking you to bring your channels back on DISH. I deserve to get a fair value for my Disney/ESPN channels. Please work with DISH to bring your channels back on air and agree to fair deal that makes sense for all,” wrote DISH, asking customers to send the message to Disney.

Some of the biggest games on Saturday are on a number of the aforementioned networks, and DISH customers will either have to go to their local bar, restaurant or a friend’s house if they want to watch them. Hopefully the mess can be resolved soon, and Disney-owned content can return to DISH television screens.