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ESPN networks go dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems on busy night for sports
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FILE - This Sept. 16, 2013, file photo shows the ESPN logo prior to an NFL football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Pittsburgh Steelers, in Cincinnati. Disney-owned ESPN has licensed its brand for use in a sports betting app, striking a deal in which it will receive $1.5 billion and other considerations from Penn Entertainment. The deal, announced Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 could take Walt Disney Co.-owned ESPN into uncharted waters. - photo by AP Photo/David Kohl, File
ESPN is among a number of Disney Entertainment channels that have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems. The channels went off the air Thursday night due to a carriage dispute between the nation's second-largest cable TV provider — which is the major carrier in New York and Los Angeles, among numerous other markets — and Disney. ESPN was carrying a college football game between Florida and No.