US EditionDisney urges YouTube TV to restore ABC for election coverage amid blackout
Disney urged YouTube TV to restore ABC on Election Day to ensure public access amid a blackout affecting 10 million subscribers during ongoing fee negotiations.
- Disney has urged YouTube TV to restore ABC for Election Day coverage, despite the blackout of ABC and other Disney networks due to failed carriage renewal talks.
- YouTube TV, which has grown to 10 million subscribers, has had high-profile carriage battles with major programmers like TelevisaUnivision, though it reached deals with NBCUniversal, Fox Corp. and Paramount.
- Disney has been willing to risk blackouts to further its strategic objectives, having had outages with Charter Communications' Spectrum and DirecTV, including during a Trump-Harris debate where DirecTV rejected Disney's request to restore ABC temporarily.
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Google Spurns Disney’s Request to Restore ABC to YouTube TV for Election Night, Instead Proposes Letting Users Watch ESPN, ABC as Talks Continue
The war of words between Disney and Google continues — on the fourth day of the blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks on YouTube TV amid a fee dispute. On Monday, Disney asked Google to offer ABC to YouTube TV customers on Tuesday, Nov. 3, to bring them Election Night coverage. Google said no — and suggested instead that Disney allow YouTube TV to bring ABC and ESPN back on the air as the two sides work to hash out a new agreement, b…
Disney Pressures YouTube TV to Restore ABC for Election Day
With Election Day approaching, Disney has formally asked YouTube TV to restore access to ABC following a carriage dispute that removed the network from the platform late last week. The post Disney Pressures YouTube TV to Restore ABC for Election Day Amid Blackout Dispute appeared first on That Park Place.
Disney asks YouTube TV to restore ABC for election coverage
ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels have not been available on YouTube TV since Thursday because of an impasse in contract talks for a new distribution deal. YouTube TV subscribers could miss election coverage and "Monday Night Football."
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Disney Asks YouTube TV to Bring Back ABC for Election Day Coverage for the Public Good
Disney has formally requested that YouTube TV reinstate ABC within its pay-TV lineup specifically for Election Day on Tuesday according to a report from Deadline, framing the move as essential to the public interest while the two companies continue negotiating a broader carriage renewal agreement. The dispute escalated late Thursday when ABC, ESPN, and several […] The post Disney Asks YouTube TV to Bring Back ABC for Election Day Coverage for th…
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