(AP) – Direct-TV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch ESPN’s slate of college football games on Direct-TV. It also will ensure that ABC’s telecast of the Emmy Award on Sunday night will be available in more major markets where viewers subscribe to Direct-TV’s pay service. The markets where ABC had been dark on Direct-TV included Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Houston.
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