More than three million movie buffs in the Big Apple will have to venture to the Interwebs if they want to know who the Oscar goes to.
The Walt Disney Company pulled the ABC network from Cablevision Sunday morning after failing to reach a deal in negotiations over new fees, a move that could leave the cable provider’s 3.1 million customers in the New York area without access to tonight’s Academy Awards telecast, TV Guide has learned.
The cable provider cut the subscription to ABC for it’s customers after Cablevision bosses and the network could not reach a deal on a new contract.
“Cablevision has once again betrayed its subscribers by losing ABC7, the most popular station in the tri-state area. This follows two years of negotiations, during which we worked diligently, up to the final moments, to reach an agreement. Cablevision pocketed almost $8 billion last year, and now customers aren’t getting what they pay for … again.”