Disney pulls ABC, ESPN, more from YouTube TV
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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.
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YouTube and Disney aren't balking — the two sides haven't come to an agreement to keep channels like ABC and ESPN on YouTube TV, and they're now unavailable.
With nearly six million North American subscribers, the newly combined Fubo and Hulu + Live TV venture is now the second largest virtual pay-TV provider in the U.S. It only trails Google's YouTube TV, which reportedly has more than 10 million paying subscribers.
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Disney's top brass is telling the troops that they're going to continue to fight for a "fair deal" with Google's YouTube TV, after the internet service pulled ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks Thursday night.
If you're one of the millions of YouTube TV customers who had hoped to watch ESPN's College GameDay this morning, you're SOL.
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