While ABC is the host network for the first 2024 U.S. Presidential candidates’ debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, nearly every network in the U.S. has agreed to simulcast its coverage. Still, the debate, along with key sporting events, seemed to be big enough — in DirecTV‘s mind — to seek a temporary truce in its bitter retransmission consent dispute with The Walt Disney Company.
No dice, says the Mouse House, in a sign that DirecTV’s lack of content could be a concern — despite its continued use of language that appears to illustrate Disney as the big bully controlling the entire two-way negotiation process.
