10.02.17 - A Good Day for ESPN After Disney Reaches Altice Agreement
"Score one, finally, for ESPN."
"After a long run of negative headlines, ESPN drew cheers from Wall Street on Monday with a tentative contract agreement between ESPN’s corporate owner, the Walt Disney Company, and Altice USA, which provides cable service to roughly three million homes in the New York City suburbs. Once the multiyear contract is made final, Altice will pay more to carry ESPN and other Disney-owned networks, including ABC, despite declines in their ratings."