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YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream customers may be eligible for cash damages, after Disney agreed to pay $50 million to settle claims that it forced the services to increase the prices of their subscriptions. Anyone who subscribed to YouTube TV or DirecTV Stream between April 1, 2019 and March 31, 2026 is eligible to claim under the proposed settlement agreement.
All claims must be submitted to Online settlement portal By September 8, 2026, and you can find more information regarding claim eligibility here Court authorized notice. There’s no mention of how large the payment could be per user, but the payments are expected to be distributed after the final approval session, which will be held on January 14, 2027, the Alabama news outlet reported. AL.com Reports.
The agreement follows Class action lawsuit Disney was sued by four YouTube TV subscribers in 2022, alleging that terms within Disney’s carriage agreements with live pay TV (SLPTV) competitors gave it “pricing power over the entire market.” The case alleged that Disney’s ownership of ESPN and Hulu — the latter of which is the second-largest provider of SLPTV after YouTube — allowed it to influence prices across the streaming market by inflating the cost of its own products. Rival distributors were also reportedly forced to include ESPN in their standard channel packages, preventing them from offering cheaper packages.
the Settlement agreement Reached in March, the US District Court in Northern California tentatively approved the agreement later that month, though Disney denies any wrongdoing.
Follow this development Many transportation disputes between Disney, YouTubeand DirectTV Which led to Disney temporarily pulling its channels from competing streaming companies. A 15-day blackout on Disney-owned channels on YouTube TV last year is believed to have occurred It cost Disney $110 million in lost revenue – more than double the compensation it is now expected to pay to YouTube and DirecTV subscribers.
