Disney-YouTube TV blackout angers cord cutters who ditched cable, only to find the same hassles on streaming
Disney-YouTube TV blackout angers cord cutters who ditched cable, only to find the same hassles on streaming
admin 2025/11/02 01:32Cut 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.
It’s certainly been a spooky week for the Walt Disney Co. and Google. The two corporations are in the midst of a carriage dispute that has resulted in a blackout of Disney’s networks on Google-owned YouTube TV, leaving viewers unable to access popular channels including ESPN and ABC.
Disney began notifying viewers on October 23 about the dispute and warning that its networks could be removed from the pay-TV streaming platform.
All of that came to a head in the last 48 hours as the two parties failed to come to an agreement on a new deal, and YouTube TV began removing Disney’s networks about 30 minutes before the previous carriage deal expired at midnight Eastern time...
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It’s certainly been a spooky week for the Walt Disney Co. and Google. The two corporations are in the midst of a carriage dispute that has resulted in a blackout of Disney’s networks on Google-owned YouTube TV, leaving viewers unable to access popular channels including ESPN and ABC.
Disney began notifying viewers on October 23 about the dispute and warning that its networks could be removed from the pay-TV streaming platform.
All of that came to a head in the last 48 hours as the two parties failed to come to an agreement on a new deal, and YouTube TV began removing Disney’s networks about 30 minutes before the previous carriage deal expired at midnight Eastern time...
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