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Amid the Disney blackout, YouTube TV customers will begin to receive a $20 credit starting Nov. 9 if there is still no deal to restore ESPN, ABC and other channels.

On the one hand, $20—which Google previously promised users if a previously unnamed amount of time, now revealed to be “about a week and change” had passed—isn’t that much, given that a monthly YouTube TV subscription currently runs users $82.

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.

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

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,