The two companies on Saturday ended their dispute, which resulted in a blackout on the service of ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels that began on Sept. 1.

Over Labor Day weekend, more than 10 million DirecTV and U-Verse customers experienced a blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels such as ABC. The channels went off the air right before the LSU-USC college football game and during the US Open tennis tournament.

DirecTV customers received a surprise Saturday just in time for Week 3 of college football. After a roughly two-week blackout and growing frustration from customers, DirecTV and Disney reached a deal Saturday morning that brought ESPN and other Disney-owned channels back to the pay-tv provider’s customers.

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.

Days of missed programming ended Saturday as Disney and DirecTV reached an accord, thus ending a 13-day blackout a day before ABC was set to host the Emmys.

The agreement comes just in time to let DirecTV customers check out Sunday's Emmy Awards and Monday Night Football.

Disney and DirecTV announced on Saturday they had reached a deal to restore its "entire portfolio of networks," including ESPN and ABC, to the satellite provider following a two-week blackout. The "agreement in principle" comes as the college and pro football seasons are ramping up.