Adelphia asks court to deny ESPN fee request

Adelphia Communications Corp., whose $17-billion bankruptcy exit plan was implemented this week, asked a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York to deny a request by ESPN Inc. and other Walt Disney Co. units for $210 million in programming fees.

Adelphia said the Disney units were seeking payment of profits they speculate they might have earned over the remaining terms of pre-bankruptcy programming contracts. Adelphia said once its cable systems were sold in July, there were no Adelphia subscribers.