
DirecTV gave ESPN viewers a rude awakening this weekend.
If you're like me, you were on DirecTV trying to tune into the college football game between LSU and USC on ESPN this past Sunday (Sept. 1) only to find that it wasn't working. It turned out that just minutes before this marquee game, the carriage fee dispute between DirecTV and Disney had turned ugly (h/t CBS News), with the former pulling the latter's entire TV lineup — including ESPN.