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A dispute over a YouTube TV contract with Disney It has now cost its subscribers two weekends of college football and will likely cause them to miss another Monday Night Football game tonight.
They are all owned by Disney My neighbor Channels have been removed, including ABC, ESPN, ACC Network, and SEC Networks YouTube TV on October 31 and have not been back since.
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 earlier 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 Internet TV providers, with more than 9 million. Hulu, owned by Disney, comes in second with 4.3 million subscribers through its Hulu + Live TV offering.
YouTube TV had promised subscribers a $20 credit for the streaming service if the Disney Channel outage continued for an extended period, and on Sunday, The streaming service announced Details of this credit. Read on to learn how you can claim the $20 credit, when the outage might be resolved, and how you can watch ESPN, ABC, and other Disney channels in the meantime.
How can YouTube TV subscribers claim their $20 credit?
YouTube TV subscribers should receive an email from the service when their credits become available. After I received your email, Follow these steps To claim your $20 balance.
- Sign in to YouTube.com On the Internet browserclick or tap your profile picture, then select Settings. You can also browse directly to the URL at https://tv.youtube.com/settings/service_updates.
- At the bottom of the list on the left, select Updates.
- On the next screen explaining the Disney Channel outage, click or tap the blue highlighted button Claim credit.
Emails from YouTube TV started going out Sunday night, and Several reddit posters You have already reported receiving a $20 credit. All credits for YouTube TV subscribers must be released by November 12, according to diverse.
Which Disney Channels have been removed from YouTube TV?
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 could Disney Channels return to YouTube TV?
As with previous Disney disputes, negotiations are still being kept secret. Disney’s contractual disputes from previous years — Sling TV in 2022, Spectrum/Charter in 2023, and DirecTV in 2024 — were mostly resolved in a week or two, but Google has much more negotiating power than those other platforms.
according to diverseIf an agreement is reached between Disney and YouTube, the missing channels will be restored “within hours.”
On October 30, 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.”
“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 a TV antenna can use a TV antenna You still watch Monday Night Football and college football 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 DirecTV Stream.
Sling TV offers a one-day pass for $5 This can be a good option for viewers who want to watch a specific game, as well as a $10 weekend pass that will give you college football and basketball games on both days.
For those looking for soccer games at local establishments, This application is useful It can help you find places that offer games.
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.