ESPN blackout on YouTube TV ends
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YouTube TV subscribers still do not have access to ABC, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels, as well as related recorded content on their DVRs from Disney brands. As of Saturday, Disney and Google-owned YouTube TV continue to go back and forth in negotiations for a new carriage agreement after the previous one expired Oct. 30.
Disney and YouTube TV are in a protracted fight over carriage fees, and all of the Disney-owned channels have been pulled from the latter. That includes ABC and ESPN. But the good news is that the vast majority of the NFL’s weekly games are broadcast on network television.
If no deal is reached between YouTube TV and Disney, football fans could miss the Eagles on Monday Night Football and these college games.
YouTube pulled more than 20 Disney-owned channels including ESPN and ABC right before Halloween after Google and Disney couldn't come to an agreement. At the time, YouTube TV claimed that it ""will not agree to terms that disadvantage our members while benefiting Disney’s own live TV products."
Disney's fight with YouTube TV could hurt the Mouse House in a way it doesn't harm Google. But ESPN is a prize asset.
YouTube TV is giving customers a $20 credit as a carriage dispute with ESPN lingers. Here's how you can claim it.
As the YouTube TV-ESPN standoff hurtles toward a second weekend, The Athletic maps out the state of play of the negotiations.
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