The cable bundle has been a reliable revenue source for decades. With recent carriage fee negotiations by Charter and DirecTV, that is no longer the case.

DirecTV 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.

Disney and DirecTV have ended a carriage dispute that had left viewers without access to ESPN and ABC. Here's what the new deal means.