E xecutives from the Walt Disney Company have claimed Google-owned YouTube TV pulled its channels and programming from their platform without any advanced warning — a claim that is defied by the fact that both sides of the table had been warning customers for weeks that their distribution contract was about to expire.

Disney's top brass is telling the troops that they're going to continue to fight for a "fair deal" with Google's YouTube TV, after the internet service pulled ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks Thursday night.

The ESPN chief and co-chairs of Disney Entertainment sent a note to staff Friday thanking them for their work, and to admonish Google.

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Disney networks including ABC and ESPN have gone dark on Google-owned YouTube TV after the two corporate giants couldn't come to terms on a new deal.