Disney pulls ABC, ESPN from YouTube TV
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Disney’s channels will be removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline. The blackout will leave subscribers unable to watch content from Disney networks, including ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic and Freeform.
The Walt Disney Company, which owns the ABC television network, and Google, which owns YouTube TV, have reached an impasse in their negotiations. As a result, all ABC affiliates, including KSTP, have been removed from YouTube TV’s lineup.
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The dispute is between ABC/Disney and YouTube. Cox Media Group and its ABC affiliates, including WSB-TV, are not part of the negotiations.