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YouTube and Disney's negotiations enter week two as ESPN and ABC continue to remain inaccessible for YouTube TV subscribers.
YouTube TV subscribers unhappy about going more than a week without ESPN, ABC, and other Disney networks will be getting a $20 credit that can be applied to their next billing statement.
YouTube TV has started paying out $20 bill credits to users for the loss of Disney channels. The credits need to be claimed manually if you subscribed to YouTube TV directly. Disney network channels remain unavailable on YouTube TV, with negotiations between the two companies ongoing.
Amid the Disney blackout, YouTube TV customers will begin to receive a $20 credit starting Nov. 9 if there is still no deal to restore ESPN, ABC and other channels.
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.
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
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.
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