People may not be waiting for Disney and YouTube TV to figure things out.

Google declined a request from Disney to allow ABC back on YouTube TV for election coverage as the two giants are negotiating streaming rights.

Disney's networks, like ESPN, still aren't on YouTube TV. Here's what history teaches about how long their carriage dispute could last.

Disney has asked Google's YouTube TV to restore ABC for Election Day coverage in service of public interest, just days after its networks went dark on the pay-TV platform. Disney's networks went dark on YouTube TV after negotiations to reach a licensing deal failed,

Rising costs of sports rights fees and other other factors have fueled YouTube's disputes with Disney and other media companies.

Here's how to watch ESPN and ABC college football games in Week 11 without YouTube TV, as Disney and Google are still in a carriage dispute.

The battle for streaming dominance has intensified after The Walt Disney Company and Google's YouTube TV failed to renew a key carriage agreement, resulting in a blackout of Disney-owned channels. From 30 October 2025,