UPDATED, 3:45 p.m. ET: Disney offered to give DirecTV temporary access to ABC News' coverage of Tuesday night's presidential debate between VP Kamala Harris and Donald Trump — but DirecTV declined the offer. DirecTV customers can still watch the debate on a number of other channels that will air it live.
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Disney networks like ESPN and ABC have been keeping DirecTV under wraps for 10 days amid a battle over channels.
DirecTV said in a statement Tuesday: "Unfortunately, returning only Disney's ABC stations from its entire portfolio of channels for a limited three-hour time slot will cause confusion for customers who would briefly see the debate, only to lose the channel shortly thereafter."
According to DirecTV, the satellite and streaming TV company agreed to return ABC in time for Tuesday's presidential debate if Disney was also willing to "restore all of its channels across all platforms" through the end of "Monday Night Football" at 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, Sept. 16. However, "The Walt Disney Co. has flatly rejected DirecTV's offer," the pay TV operator said.
