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NEW YORK (AP) — Disney content has gone dark on YouTube TV, leaving subscribers of the Google-owned live streaming platform without access to major networks like ESPN and ABC.
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.
Disney’s channels will be removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline. The blackout will leave subscribers unable to watch content from Disney networks, including ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic and Freeform.
ESPN received strong backlash after it sent a message to YouTube TV customers this week amid a standoff over rights.
Disney Entertainment co-chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro sent a memo to company employees Friday morning regarding YouTube TV's blackout. Accordi
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YouTube TV and its parent, Google, want to “eliminate competition” and “devalue the very content that helped them build their service,” top Disney executives charged in a memo to employees Friday. Disney Entertainment Co-Chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman joined with ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro in giving workers an update on the blackout,