Guess we can forget about ESPN 3D coming to DISH Network any time soon, as the dispute between the satellite company and Disney has escalated to the point that Disney Channel HD, Disney XD HD, ABC Family HD and ESPNews HD have all been removed from the service. They’re still available in SD if you really need your The Secret Life of an American Teenager fix, but right now Disney is pointing to a New York State Court ruling from March indicating DISH owes it $65 million, which DISH is appealing. Multichannel News points out there’s also a lawsuit between DISH and ESPN still ongoing as well, so we’ll have to wait and see if this move helps negotiations along at all.
Four Disney HD channels go dark on DISH Network originally appeared on Engadget HD on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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I am glad that Disney, ESPN and Dish Network could solve this problem. Dish carries more HD channels then any other satellite provider. It seem that eery year someone else comes around and wants more for their programing like Fox in 2011.