YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney
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YouTube and Disney's negotiations enter week two as ESPN and ABC continue to remain inaccessible for YouTube TV subscribers.
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YouTube TV offers $20 credit to customers (which likely means no Monday Night Football, again)
YouTube TV has sent an email to subscribers explaining that a $20 credit is coming.
On the one hand, $20—which Google previously promised users if a previously unnamed amount of time, now revealed to be “about a week and change” had passed—isn’t that much, given that a monthly YouTube TV subscription currently runs users $82.
The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels. Disney has faced similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including a 2021 outage on YouTubeTV that was resolved in two days.
Disney and YouTube TV still have no deal in place, three of Disney’s most senior TV executives told staffers in a memo Friday, and the company faces the prospect of another weekend heavy with sports telecasts that won’t be seen by a significant portion of potential viewers.
DirecTV and Fubo offer 5-day free trials with access to shows like "Dancing with the Stars" and live sports, while Sling provides budget-friendly customization.
Subscribers to YouTube TV are still without access to ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels. YouTube TV, which is owned by Google, are in dispute over carriage rates with Disney, meaning key sports