Football fans are scrambling after ESPN, ABC and Disney pull out of YouTube TV

Like a desperate quarterback, millions of college football fans could scramble. Disney pulled ESPN and ABC from YouTube TV on Friday after the two sides failed to meet a midnight deadline to reach an agreement on content distribution.

Unless something changes, millions of fans will not be able to watch the college football games that ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will broadcast on Friday and Saturday. This includes No. 5 Georgia vs. Florida — also known as the “World’s Biggest Outdoor Cocktail Party” — No. 9 Vanderbilt vs. No. 20 Texas, No. 7 Ole Miss vs. South Carolina and several other games.

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ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC — all Disney properties — broadcast the most college football games ever. Their schedule is listed here. ESPN and ABC Air NFL games on Monday nights and also broadcast NBA games.

A Disney representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Disney says YouTube TV doesn’t pay enough to stream its channels. YouTube TV is owned by Google Most subscribers Among all other Internet TV providers, more than 9 million. Hulu, owned by Disney, comes in second with 4.3 million subscribers through its Hulu + Live TV offering. Disney and Google needed to reach an updated contractual agreement by 11:59 PM ET on Thursday, October 30, which did not happen.

Football fans are not the only spectators left on the sidelines. Here are all the channels Pulled from YouTube TV:

ABC
espn
ESPN2
Free form
Forex
FXX
disney junior
SEC network
Nat Geo
Nat Geo Wild
disney channel
Aspnu
FXM
ABC News Live
ACC Network
Disney xd
local
SP News
ESPN Deportes (Spanish plan)
Baby TV Español (Spanish plan)
Nat Geo Mundo (Spanish Plan)

YouTube TV Published on X“Members, when we renew our contracts with network partners, we advocate for fair pricing to bring you the best TV experience.” The service also said it will offer subscribers a $20 credit “if their content is unavailable for an extended period of time.” You can find updates about the dispute at This YouTube TV page.

“Google’s YouTube TV has chosen to deprive its subscribers of the content they value most by refusing to pay fair prices for our channels, including ESPN and ABC.” Disney said in a statement to CNBC.

In a memo to staff on Friday that was Reported by CNBCDisney accused YouTube TV of deleting “pre-recorded shows and events from its subscribers’ libraries.”

“YouTube TV and its owner Google are not interested in reaching a fair deal with us,” Disney Entertainment co-presidents Dana Walden and Alan Bergman and ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said in the memo. “Instead, they want to use their extraordinary power and resources to eliminate competition and devalue the content that helped them build their service.”

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