YouTube TV loses Disney networks as Google fails to make a deal

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  • Reply 21 of 24
    I wish there was a way to keep this permanent! I don’t have anything against Disney (family loves the Marvel movies), but 25% of my TV costs going to one company seems excessive. Keep them off and I’ll subscribe to Disney+/ESPN whenever I need it. Seems that Disney will be the loser if that’s what happens.
    For you to do that, Disney would need to offer an ABC/ESPN sports package that you could subscribe to (not counting Hulu + Live TV). They don’t. ESPN+ is not ESPN. It’s an add-on with additional, ad-free content. 

    Advertising drives ABC Sports and ESPN events. YouTube TV has about 4 million subscribers, about the same number as Hulu + Live TV. Those advertisers are paying Disney for *all* of those potential viewers, not just half of them. That’s why this will be resolved, and soon. 
    edited December 2021
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  • Reply 22 of 24
    apple_evo said:
    sdw2001 said:
    Yep, saw the message on my YouTube TV today. I don’t like that I can’t watch ABC News or even my local news on ABC but I’ll be damned if I going to switch providers over it. I don’t care about College Football and the Patriots don’t air on ABC. 
    I don’t care either.  It will be back anyway.  
    Nah, the Disney channels won't be back especially when Hulu+ Live is competing directly with YouTubeTV. 
    Of course it will return, probably before New Years Eve. 

    ABC needs the eyeball count YTTV provides its network in general and the ABC O&O stations specifically. It does have a lot to lose, and is probably hurt more in the short term than Google is. 
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  • Reply 23 of 24
    apple_evo said:
    sdw2001 said:
    Yep, saw the message on my YouTube TV today. I don’t like that I can’t watch ABC News or even my local news on ABC but I’ll be damned if I going to switch providers over it. I don’t care about College Football and the Patriots don’t air on ABC. 
    I don’t care either.  It will be back anyway.  
    Nah, the Disney channels won't be back especially when Hulu+ Live is competing directly with YouTubeTV. 
    Of course it will return, probably before New Years Eve. 

    ABC needs the eyeball count YTTV provides its network in general and the ABC O&O stations specifically. It does have a lot to lose, and is probably hurt more in the short term than Google is. 

    Actually, it's "back" now, less than 48 Hours after it "left".  I have no idea who, if anyone, "folded", nor how long the new deal will last, but Youtube TV sent an Email saying they "were back".
    gatorguy
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  • Reply 24 of 24
    sdw2001sdw2001 Posts: 18,070member
    apple_evo said:
    sdw2001 said:
    Yep, saw the message on my YouTube TV today. I don’t like that I can’t watch ABC News or even my local news on ABC but I’ll be damned if I going to switch providers over it. I don’t care about College Football and the Patriots don’t air on ABC. 
    I don’t care either.  It will be back anyway.  
    Nah, the Disney channels won't be back especially when Hulu+ Live is competing directly with YouTubeTV. 
    This aged well.  
    muthuk_vanalingamStrangeDays
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