ESPN is the No. 1 cable network on YouTube TV among adult viewers ages 18 to 49, according to Nielsen
An estimated 10 million YouTube TV subscribers lost access to ESPN, ABC and other channels owned by Disney on Thursday night after contract-renewal talks collapsed."We continue to urge Disney to work with us constructively to reach a fair agreement," YouTube said in a statement.
In turn, Disney's statement accused YouTube, which is owned by Google, of"using its market dominance to eliminate competition and undercut the industry-standard terms we've successfully negotiated with every other distributor." YouTube TV will offer subscribers a $20 credit if Disney's content stays blacked out for"an extended period," the company said. ESPN is the No. 1 cable network on YouTube TV among adult viewers ages 18 to 49, according to Nielsen. YouTube said Disney's proposed terms would force it to raise prices, and it noted that removing Disney content from YouTube TV would conveniently benefit Disney's own streaming services, which include Disney+, Hulu and a new ESPN app. Ex // Top Stories Delayed Dungeness crab season puts ‘Northern California tradition’ at risk Fish and wildlife officials’ pushback of the commercial and recreational seasons continues a yearslong trend that has become a part of life for local fishers Rock-band drama ‘Stereophonic’ debuts in SF with Tonys in tow Sausalito-set production earned more awards nominations than any other play in history Internet Archive relishes its ‘phenomenal, fabulous success story’ The nearly 30-year-old San Francisco institution, which has been mired in lawsuits recently, marked the preservation of its 1 trillionth web page last week In part, Disney and other big television companies have sought higher fees for their programming to help offset increasing costs, especially for sports content. Disney is not alone in complaining that contract-renewal talks with YouTube have grown increasingly difficult. Univision's channels have been dark on YouTube TV for nearly a month. After heated negotiations, NBCUniversal and Fox reached agreements with YouTube to avoid a similar interruption. Still, these spats are not uncommon in the television business, which has been roiled by streaming over the past decade. Last year, a similar contract dispute between Disney and DirecTV resulted in a two-week blackout of Disney-owned channels.
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