YouTube TV drops Disney’s ABC, ESPN
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Disney-owned content is off Google-owned YouTube TV as the two companies failed to renew a contract. It's not the first time it happened.
YouTube TV and ESPN have failed to come to an agreement which leaves streaming subscribers without Disney products.
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YouTube TV, Disney jostle in stalemate to return channels to viewers
YouTube TV claims Disney has been "unnecessarily aggressive and assertive," while Disney states the former has blown things out of proportion. Viewers lost 21 of Disney's channels last week, including ABC and ESPN, as neither side could reach a content agreement before the October 30 deadline.
Cut off from ESPN and ABC, streaming viewers are caught in the middle of a contract battle that will feel very familiar to anyone who remembers linear TV.