Disney Blocks Verizon Custom TV Ads in ‘Skinny Bundle’ Spat
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Walt Disney Co. TV and radio stations rejected ads for Verizon Communications Inc.’s Custom TV amid a dispute over whether the TV service violates contract agreements with major media companies.
Disney’s WABC-TV and ESPN Radio in New York have refused to run the ads, according to Jim Gerace, a spokesman for Verizon. The company received an e-mail from WABC Wednesday saying it wouldn’t run the Custom TV ads.