If you happen to’re making an attempt to observe Disney channels on YouTube TV right this moment, you are out of luck.
Disney has pulled its channels, together with ESPN and ABC, from YouTube TV after the 2 corporations failed to succeed in a brand new distribution settlement earlier than their Thursday deadline.
It is a big deal, as subscribers will now see ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, FX, Nationwide Geographic, and Freeform blacked out.
“Sadly, Google’s YouTube TV has chosen to disclaim their subscribers the content material they worth most by refusing to pay honest charges for our channels, together with ESPN and ABC,” a Disney spokesperson instructed CNN.
In an announcement to USA Immediately, a Disney spokesperson stated, “With a $3 trillion market cap, Google is utilizing its market dominance to eradicate competitors and undercut the industry-standard phrases we’ve efficiently negotiated with each different distributor.”
For its half, YouTube has stated that the particulars of Disney’s calls for would solely elevate prices for purchasers.
Posting on the corporate’s official weblog earlier this week, YouTube wrote, “They’re now following by way of on that risk, suspending their content material on YouTube TV. This resolution straight harms our subscribers whereas benefiting their very own reside TV merchandise, together with Hulu + Reside TV and Fubo.”
They posted concerning the failure to succeed in a deal final night time.
“Regardless of our greatest efforts, we now have not been capable of attain a good deal, and beginning right this moment, Disney programming is not going to be accessible on YouTube TV,” YouTube TV stated by way of a social media assertion on Oct. 30.
These are the affected channels, in accordance with Google:
- ABC
- ESPN
- ESPN2
- Freeform
- FX
- FXX
- Disney Junior
- SEC Community
- Nat Geo
- Nat Geo Wild
- Disney Channel
- ESPNU
- FXM
- ABC Information Reside
- ACC Community
- Disney XD
- Localish
- ESPNews
- ESPN Deportes (Spanish Plan)
- Child TV Español (Spanish Plan)
- Nat Geo Mundo (Spanish Plan)
Reside and on-demand content material from these channels is presently unavailable, doubtlessly impacting protection of sports activities like faculty soccer, the NBA, and the NFL.
