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Here’s what we know about YouTube losing its Disney-owned TV channels and a list of the channels that are affected.
After a year of culture wars, price hikes, and now the fury of sports fans amid the YouTube TV dispute, Disney is in its villain era.
Channels owned by The Walt Disney Co., including ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel, Freeform and others will be pulled from the Google-owned pay-TV service at midnight ET after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement ahead of a midnight deadline.
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to Disney-owned networks— including ABC, ESPN and FX— after the companies failed to reach a new carriage deal.
More than 20 Disney-owned channels, including ESPN, ABC, and Nat Geo, have been pulled from YouTube TV after Google and Disney failed to reach a new content distribution agreement. The previous contract expired at 11:59 PM ET on October 30th, and it’s unclear when, or if, the two companies will reach a new deal.
The current mess battle between YouTube TV and the Walt Disney Co. provides an opportunity to rethink having paid live television.
YouTube TV rejected Walt Disney Co.’s request to restore its ABC network to the online TV service during Election Day as a fight over distribution fees drags on.