Buckeye Broadband Puts Disney on Ice, Drops ESPN Ahead of New App Rollout

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ESPN: Allan Block just put Disney on ice. Buckeye Broadband in Toledo, Ohio, has pulled ESPN from its cable TV channel lineup, citing a pricing dispute with network owner Disney that the company says would unfairly burden customers. Buckeye Broadband is owned by Block Communications run by President and CEO Allan Block, a direct descendant of Paul Block, a German immigrant who started the company 118 years ago. For decades, ESPN has been one of the most expensive pay-TV channels in the bundle, driving up the price of cable for the vast majority of customers who never watched sports…

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