Disney Ordered to Court Over Rising Pay TV Prices

[Mark Jeffries]

A California judge has ruled that the Mouse must appear for a class action suit regarding its majority ownership of Hulu (in particular, Hulu + Live TV) and ESPN (for years the highest cable system subscriber fees in the business)--the suit that it forces the systems, cable, satellite and streaming, to charge inflated prices to the consumers as a result of those high subscriber fees--the plaintiffs say this is an antitrust matter and are claiming damages, relief and compensation for overpayment to Google's YouTube Live in particular:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-antitrust-law-1235607852/

The court order is included in the above link.