YouTube TV Loses ESPN, ABC
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Disney has pulled its channels - including ESPN, ABC, and FX - from YouTube TV after the companies failed to reach a new carriage agreement by the Oct. 30 deadline. “Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to reach a fair deal, and starting today ...
YouTube TV's current distribution deal with Disney expires October 30, and it could leave subscribers without channels like ABC and ESPN.
We already know who the loser will be in a dispute between Google and Disney, and it's not Google or Disney. It is those of us who feed those beasts.
Two analysts from Needham Securities think Disney should move all of its TV content onto the Disney Hulu and ABC apps and shut down its broadcast operations, citing increased pressure by the FCC; the kind of pressure that resulted in the suspension of the ...