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Carriage beef between Google and Disney leaves YouTube TV users without access to major sports telecasts this week.
ESPN sent a final message to YouTube TV customers before the Arizona Cardinals face off against the Dallas Cowboys.
Disney-owned channels including ESPN have been unavailable on YouTube TV amid the companies' contract dispute. Here's the latest.
The stand-off between the distributor with 10 million subscribers and the content company controlling premium sports TV rights continues.
Unless negotiations resolve the conflict very soon, millions of NFL fans won't be able to watch tonight's Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals. Disney has asked YouTube TV to restore the ABC channel for tomorrow's US election coverage, but it's unclear whether the streaming service will agree.
YouTube, owned by Google, has removed all ABC affiliates from its live TV service. ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Company, but even local affiliates not owned by Disney — including KSTP — have been pulled from the service.
YouTube TV subscribers were left scrambling for alternate ways to watch college football on Disney’s networks on Saturday. The carriage dispute between Google and Disney wasn’t resolved by the time that games kicked off at noon ET.
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