Disney has pulled its channels - including ESPN, ABC, and FX - from YouTube TV after the companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement by the Oct. 30 deadline. “Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to reach a fair deal, and starting today ...

Entertainment giant Disney would be better off shutting down its ABC broadcast network and dealing with the one-off financial hit than attempting to sell off its affiliate network, an investment firm found in its analysis. Needham wrote in a client note ...

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., announced on Tuesday that it will continue preempting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" despite Disney allowing the show to return to ABC. "We made a decision last week to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ following what ABC referred to as Mr ...

Jimmy Kimmel hosting "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Disney said Monday that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will return to ABC on Tuesday, after suspending it last week amid a revolt from network affiliates over the comedian’s comments about Charlie ...

Two analysts from Needham Securities think Disney should move all of its TV content onto the Disney Hulu and ABC apps and shut down its broadcast operations, citing increased pressure by the FCC; the kind of pressure that resulted in the suspension of the ...

In the end, Disney and ABC had absolutely no choice but to rehire Jimmy Kimmel. The reason the late-night host is returning to the air tonight is that this whole thing has been an utter PR debacle for ABC, and more personally for Disney chief Bob Iger, who ...