Disney's distribution agreement with DirecTV expired Sept. 1, following months of back-and-forth without resolution. As Disney and DirecTV haggled over terms of the new deal, DirecTV's more than 11 million satellite and streaming customers have missed a slew of sports programming that aired across ESPN and ABC, including college football, the U.S. Open and the Sept. 9 kickoff of this season's highly rated "Monday Night Football" telecast.