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The ongoing dispute over the contract between YouTube TV and Disney It led to the removal of ABC, ESPN and other major broadcast channels from Live streaming servicewithout any indication of when it will be restored.
As the NCAA football season heats up and college basketball gets underway, this weekend could be the second in a row that YouTube TV viewers are left out of the biggest games.
The dispute that caused the ABC and ESPN outage stems from the “carriage fees” that YouTube TV pays Disney to stream its channels. Disney has had similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including A.J YouTube TV service outage 2021 This was resolved in two days.
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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.
In a Blog post MondayYouTube asked Disney to consider “restoring the Disney channels our customers are watching immediately: ABC and ESPN, while we continue to negotiate,” without any public response from Disney.
What Disney channels are not available on YouTube TV right now?
Sports fans aren’t the only viewers sidelined by the loss of Disney Channels from YouTube TV. Here are all the channels Which has been removed from Streaming service:
- ABC
- ABC News Live
- ACC Network
- Baby TV Español (Spanish plan)
- disney channel
- disney junior
- Disney xd
- espn
- ESPN Deportes (Spanish plan)
- SP News
- Aspnu
- ESPN2
- Free form
- Forex
- FXM
- FXX
- local
- Nat Geo
- Nat Geo Mundo (Spanish Plan)
- Nat Geo Wild
- SEC network
When can Disney Channels be returned to YouTube TV?
As with previous Disney disputes, negotiations are still being kept secret. Judging by Disney’s contract conflicts from previous years — Sling TV in 2022, Spectrum/Charter in 2023, and DirecTV in 2024 — the outages may only last a few more days, but Google has much more negotiating power than those other platforms.
Thursday, October 30 on 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. We haven’t seen any reports of YouTube TV subscribers getting a $20 credit yet Some people reported getting a $10 discount for six monthswhich appears to have nothing to do with the Disney dispute.
“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.
And in a memo to staff dated October 31 that was the case as well 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.”
Disney is also asking its viewers to ask YouTube TV to re-stream online keepmynetworks.com location.
How can YouTube TV subscribers watch football games during the Disney outage?
YouTube TV subscribers with an over-the-air TV antenna can still watch Monday Night Football and college football games on ABC if they live close enough to receive an over-the-air signal from a local ABC affiliate.
Otherwise, the only real option for viewers who want to watch all of this weekend’s college football and basketball games and Monday Night Football at home is to subscribe to another service that offers ABC and ESPN, including ESPN+, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo, or DirectTV Stream.
Sling TV offers a $5 daily pass This can be a good option for viewers who want to watch one specific game, as well as a $10 weekend pass that will give you college football and basketball games on both days.
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Correction, November 5: An earlier version of this story failed to note that Sling TV’s day and weekend passes can be used to watch local ABC affiliates only in certain markets.