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The 15-day blackout, the longest carriage fight in Disney's history, has now ended in a new multi-year deal between the entertainment giant and the streamer.
YouTube TV begins rolling out $20 credits to subscribers amid the ongoing Disney channel blackout affecting ESPN, ABC, and National Geographic.
Disney's fight with YouTube TV could hurt the Mouse House in a way it doesn't harm Google. But ESPN is a prize asset.
Google declined a request from Disney to allow ABC back on YouTube TV for election coverage as the two giants are negotiating streaming rights.
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."
Unlike Netflix, where the power and incentives were questionable, Youtube is no upstart. It is already the world’s largest distributor of video content, with billions of users. And while it is branded separately, it is owned by Google, a twice convicted monopolist.