Disney, YouTube and TV Blackout
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The Disney-YouTube TV dispute is into its second weekend. It means that subscribers of YouTube TV will once again miss key ESPN programming – that includes College GameDay and other football
The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels. Disney has faced similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including a 2021 outage on YouTubeTV that was resolved in two days.
The answer is a predictably unsatisfying mix of "maybe a smidgen," "probably less than you think" and "it's complicated."
We’ve got a huge match-up today as the No. 4 ranked Alabama Crimson Tide square off against the LSU Tigers in some exciting Week 11 SEC action.