Disney Loses $5 Million per Day During Ongoing Election Feud

YouTube TV Fires Back At Disney Over Blackout: Vast Majority Of Subscribers 'Chose Not' To Watch ABC On Last Two Election Days - Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS)

As Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) urged YouTube TV to restore ABC for Election Day coverage, the Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google-owned platform countered saying most of its subscribers didn't even tune in to the network during the last two U.S. elections. YouTube TV Rejects One-Day ABC Return Proposal On Monday, YouTube TV refused Disney's proposal to temporarily restore ABC for Election Day, arguing that the move would confuse s…

Disney Loses $5 Million per Day During Ongoing Election Feud

The Walt Disney Company is reportedly losing as much as $5 million daily during its ongoing feud with Google-owned YouTube TV. All Disney networks have been suspended from the platform since October 30, when their previous carriage deal ended. According to The New York Times, Disney charges providers roughly $15 per month for each subscriber to their ESPN channels. Awful Announcing reports that YouTube TV has ten million monthly subscribers, whi…

YouTube TV Rejects Disney's Election-Day Plea to Restore ABC, Cites Abundant Free Alternatives and Says a Long-Term Deal is Needed

YouTube TV has firmly declined Disney’s urgent request to temporarily reinstate ABC and other Disney-owned channels ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, asserting that viewers have ample no-cost options for election coverage and accusing Disney of using the high-stakes timing as negotiation leverage. In a detailed statement released late today, YouTube TV emphasized that millions of […] The post YouTube TV Rejects Disney’s Election-Day Plea…

YouTube TV exec says Disney is 'unnecessarily aggressive,' wants customers to pay for channels they don't watch

According to a YouTube TV executive, Disney has been "unnecessarily aggressive" in negotiations and has an "antiquated" view.

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YouTube TV Fires Back at Disney, Calls Them “Unnecessarily Aggressive” in Negotiations

After a weekend of everyone blaming YouTube TV for losing the Disney channels, including ESPN, YouTube TV is finally coming out on the offensive, having an unnamed exec speak with Deadline. Claiming that Disney has been “unnecessarily aggressive” in negotiations, and has an “antiquated view” of pay-TV economics. The exec also apparently said that Disney is “not being reasonable to expect steep carriage fee increases.” They also expanded to say t…