YouTube TV Loses ESPN, ABC
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Disney networks including ABC and ESPN have gone dark on Google-owned YouTube TV after the two corporate giants couldn't come to terms on a new deal.
Disney’s top brass told the troops that the media company’s leaders are going to continue to fight for a “fair deal” with Google’s YouTube TV, after the internet service pulled ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks Thursday night.
Other streaming services certainly benefitted with an influx of new subscribers as fans of teams in the ACC, Big 12 and SEC playing on ESPN, ESPN2 and the conference’s networks couldn’t watch the games. YouTube TV has roughly 10 million subscribers as customers have ditched linear cable in favor of streaming to watch television networks.
Dana Walden, Alan Bergman and Jimmy Pitaro argue the tech giant also wants to "devalue the very content that helped them build their service"
YouTube TV subscribers in the US have lost access to major Disney-owned networks, including ESPN, ABC, FX, National Geographic and the Disney Channel, after Google and Disney failed to reach a new carriage agreement before their October 30 deadline.
Disney Goes Dark on YouTube TV. Why the House of Mouse and Google Are Feuding. Disney channels including ESPN and ABC disappeared from Google’s YouTube TV overnight, after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new streaming agreement.
Disney content has gone dark on YouTube TV, leaving subscribers of the Google-owned live streaming platform without access to major networks like
YouTube TV subscribers are still largely heated over the removal of Disney-owned channels earlier this week, but while we’re
Disney pulls its channels from streamer YouTube TV after the two California media giants failed to reach a new contract agreement by Oct. 30.