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Unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place,” Disney executives wrote in a memo on Friday.
Pay TV subscribers are accustomed to losing channels when negotiations go south between station groups and cable or satellite providers. In those instances, TV stations get yanked from the cable lineup until a deal is reached,
Disney said on Friday it continues talks with YouTube TV to bring back its networks, heading into "another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place." On Monday, YouTube TV proposed restoring ABC and ESPN,
The stand-off between the distributor with 10 million subscribers and the content company controlling premium sports TV rights continues.
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YouTube TV to Drop ABC, ESPN and More After Failing to Reach New Carriage Agreement With Disney
YouTube TV will drop Disney-owned programming such as ABC, ESPN and more after failing to reach a new carriage agreement
Disney and Google are locked in negotiations to renew a contract that would allow YouTube TV customers to stream Disney-owned channels like ABC, ESPN and FX.
Spanish-language TelevisaUnivision-owned channels were knocked off YouTube TV in a separate dispute that has lasted more than a month. Televisa has appealed to high-level political officials, including President Trump and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.