A class action has arrived at the doorstep of Charter Communications in its high-stakes carriage standoff with The Walt Disney Co.
A Florida customer of Charter’s Spectrum service, Jen Gonzalez, filed suit in a Florida federal court, alleging that the company has continued to bill for services not delivered.
The impasse in Charter’s dispute with Disney has left customers across the country without ESPN and other Disney-owned channels.
The impasse between the two companies is being viewed as a potential game changer for linear TV, but the class action lawsuit puts the blame on Charter for failing to come to an agreement with Disney. (Read the Charter class action lawsuit). “Unlike other cable providers, Spectrum, “declined Disney’s offer to extend negotiations which would have kept Disney-owned networks up for consumers in the middle of perennial programming events like the US Open and college football,” the lawsuit states. “Instead of providing the programming its viewers pay hundreds of dollars a month for, Spectrum, in the middle of the U.S.
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