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Disney has pulled ESPN, ABC, FX, and other channels from YouTube TV amid a pricing standoff, leaving sports fans scrambling for alternatives.
Channels owned by The Walt Disney Co., including ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel, Freeform and others will be pulled from the Google-owned pay-TV service at midnight ET after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement ahead of a midnight deadline.
YouTube TV and The Walt Disney Company have failed to reach an agreement on a streaming contract. As of Friday, ABC and ESPN, along with more than 20 channels, will be removed from Google’s YouTube TV. Other channels include Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic and Freeform.
Google declined a request from Disney to allow ABC back on YouTube TV for election coverage as the two giants are negotiating streaming rights.
For thousands of YouTube TV subscribers, the latest dispute between the Google-owned television service and Disney — resulting in ABC stations and channels like ESPN being blacked out — highlights
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