Disney, YouTube and ESPN
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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.
Disney and YouTube TV are far apart on the central issue of the price per subscriber that YouTube TV will pay Disney for its content with ESPN networks having gone dark on YouTube TV.
For 10 million subscribers, a missed college football Saturday on ABC and ESPN networks is rolling over to NFL's "Monday Night Football."
ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels have not been available on YouTube TV since Thursday because of an impasse in contract talks for a new distribution deal. YouTube TV subscribers could miss election coverage and "Monday Night Football.
Disney wants to get back on YouTube TV in the name of public service. In the media conglomerate’s latest attempt to generate support for its content following a blackout on the Google-owned TV service,
The war of words between Disney and Google continues — on the fourth day of the blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks on YouTube TV amid a fee dispute. On Monday, Disney asked Google to offer ABC to YouTube TV customers on Tuesday,