Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and more from YouTube TV
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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.
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YouTube TV to Drop Disney's ABC, ESPN and Other Networks After Two Sides Fail to Reach New Deal
Beginning at 9 p.m. PT on Oct. 30/12 a.m. ET on Oct. 31 ... Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, SEC Network, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, ABC News Live, ACC Network, Localish; on the Spanish plan, ESPN Deportes, Baby TV Español and Nat Geo Mundo.
YouTube TV remains the largest internet-based live TV provider in the U.S., with over 10 million subscribers. Disney is next in line after folding Hulu + Live TV into Fubo in a recent deal, bringing its combined North American subscriber count to nearly 6 million.
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YouTube TV dispute means millions will be without Disney, ESPN sports programming
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YouTube TV and ESPN have failed to come to an agreement which leaves streaming subscribers without Disney products.
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Disney is locked in dispute with YouTube TV, which has become the number three pay-TV operator in the United States, per Deadline. The tech giant operates differently than a typical cable provider, trading channel surfing for algorithms that deliver content to customers directly.