Disney channels go dark on YouTube TV
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Disney and YouTube TV are far apart on the central issue of the price per subscriber that YouTube TV will pay Disney for its content with ESPN networks having gone dark on YouTube TV.
Disney networks including ABC and ESPN have gone dark on Google-owned YouTube TV after the two corporate giants couldn't come to terms on a new deal.
YouTube TV is still in a fight with Spanish-language broadcaster TelevisaUnivision, whose channels went dark in YouTube TV subscriber homes last month. Disney channels including ESPN, ABC and FX vanished from Google’s YouTube TV platform after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new distribution agreement.
Disney and YouTube TV are stuck in a stalemate. ESPN personalities are appealing to YouTube TV customers, but their messages might not be resonating.