Walt Disney Co.-owned channels, including ESPN and ABC stations, were knocked off DirecTV platforms Sunday after talks to reach a new distribution deal collapsed.

Sports fans will quickly feel the pinch. In addition to college football on ESPN and ABC, the new NFL season begins later this week. ESPN is set to start its season with a "Monday Night Football" game Sept. 9 between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets, in which Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers is expected to return after suffering an injury a year ago.

I wonder if it’s a regional issue.. I have directtv and I’m watching the LSU-USC game now

Btw this happens every season… it’s usually resolved within a few days.. YouTubeTV is a good alternative for those interested

No problem here in north Arizona 

Yall must be lucky. If you search “directv” on X, you’ll see a ton of really, really mad people. 

I couldn’t get the game on direct TV but got it on ESPN Ap

3 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

Yall must be lucky. If you search “directv” on X, you’ll see a ton of really, really mad people. 

Feel bad for those that missed that insane one handed grab 😂 

14 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

Btw this happens every season… it’s usually resolved within a few days.. YouTubeTV is a good alternative for those interested

I had this issue last year with NBC, it was out months. It’s every fu*king year with DirectTV. If it’s out tomorrow I am canceling and going with YouTube, it’s just that simple. 

2 minutes ago, TexasLonghorns said:

I had this issue last year with NBC, it was out months. It’s every fu*king year with DirectTV. If it’s out tomorrow I am canceling and going with YouTube, it’s just that simple. 

It’s about $50 cheaper

I have Directv and I am watching LSU/USC on ABC but my ESPN channels are blocked. 

Just now, Texas fan in Georgia said:

It’s about $50 cheaper

Exactly and won’t have this issue constantly 

5 minutes ago, Texas fan in Georgia said:

It’s about $50 cheaper

We recently switched from Direct Tv stream to You Tube Tv. It’s been great. 

24 minutes ago, Blake Munroe said:

Yall must be lucky. If you search “directv” on X, you’ll see a ton of really, really mad people. 

If you search for anything on Twitter, you'll see a ton of really, really mad people.

Directv and Dish are both worthless.

Gave up on DirectTv years ago streaming services offer much more in my opinion 

I go thru Sling, never had any of those issues.  Previously went thru dish.  Never again.

I have ATT U-Verse and all ESPN channels went black at 7pm CST.  Freaking BS.  They do this every other year. Pay the providers for the content you greedy mofos.

I'm going to cancel all my ATT stuff this week.

Edited September 2, 20241 yr by horns96

This happened last year too.

I switched to spectrum. It’s been alright.

In previous years ATT warned for weeks in advance before their bullish*t.  Today was the first day I saw anything on UVerse to indicate they were going to screw their subscribers.

 

I only subscribe to Uverse for the access to regional MLB broadcasts (Astros).

Anyone have suggestions other than "YouTube + FUBO"?

Edited September 2, 20241 yr by horns96

6 hours ago, horns96 said:

In previous years ATT warned for weeks in advance before their bullish*t.  Today was the first day I saw anything on UVerse to indicate they were going to screw their subscribers.

 

I only subscribe to Uverse for the access to regional MLB broadcasts (Astros).

Anyone have suggestions other than "YouTube + FUBO"?

Are Astros games on Bally Sports? If so you face the same issue I do with the Rangers, but I use Hulu Live and then just buy a Bally’s subscription through their (Ballys) tv app during baseball season. 

9 hours ago, BubbaJacques said:

If you search for anything on Twitter, you'll see a ton of really, really mad people.

Haha this is true. 

If you want to try YouTube YV (I’ve had for 4+ years and don’t miss Dish/DirecTV you can use my referral link and save a little the first month and I’ll put the referral toward Texas One Fund. 
 

https://tv.youtube.com/referral/r28fvkn8afh0lv

ATT also has blocked access to all ESPN+ streaming content, which I pay ESPN for.... 

6 hours ago, Blake Munroe said:

Are Astros games on Bally Sports? If so you face the same issue I do with the Rangers, but I use Hulu Live and then just buy a Bally’s subscription through their (Ballys) tv app during baseball season. 

no, Astros games are on space city home network 

Switched to fubotv 3 years ago. Never looked back.