Verizon, ESPN Reach Settlement Over Fios Skinny Bundle

Reuters: Verizon said it has reached a settlement with ESPN in a lawsuit over the slimmed-down Verizon-Fios pay-TV offering that had left the sports channel out of the basic package. The terms of the settlement will not be disclosed, the companies said. Disney’s ESPN sued Verizon in April last year for breach of contract after the telecom company launched its Fios Custom TV plan, a small bundle of 36 channels plus numerous genre-specific add-ons.