YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney
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YouTube TV customers set to get first account credit as battle with Disney about to spill into ‘MNF’
The battle between YouTube TV and ESPN doesn’t appear to have an end in sight — so users will be getting some money back. Subscribers were informed on Sunday that they would be issued a $20 credit because of the ongoing dispute between the provider and the Disney-owned sports network.
The contract dispute between Google-owned YouTube TV and Disney-owned ESPN that sparked a blackout on Oct. 31 has been a nightmare for sports fans who are subscribers of the streaming service.
A leaked memo from Disney execs painted a grim picture of the company's ongoing negotiations with YouTube TV. Now, Google is responding with a strong statement.
During perhaps one of the best seasons for watching sports on television, ESPN channels were removed from the YouTube TV streaming platform. However, there are way subscribers can watch football and more sports this weekend with some help from other streaming services.
The standoff between YouTube TV and Disney, which left ABC, ESPN and a slate of Disney-owned channels dark for millions of viewers, began at the end of October when the pair failed to agree on new carriage terms and the existing licensing pact expired.
With Disney networks still dark on YouTube TV due to a carriage fight, could 'Monday Night Football' help bring about a resolution?
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.
YouTube pulled more than 20 Disney-owned channels including ESPN and ABC right before Halloween after Google and Disney couldn't come to an agreement. At the time, YouTube TV claimed that it ""will not agree to terms that disadvantage our members while benefiting Disney’s own live TV products."