{"id":269370,"date":"2025-11-07T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269370\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:46:08","slug":"disney-youtube-blackout-set-to-continue-through-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/269370\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney-YouTube Blackout Set To Continue Through Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe carriage dispute between YouTube TV<\/a> and Disney<\/a> appears set to continue.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a note sent to employees Friday, Disney Entertainment co-chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman and ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro said there is no deal yet in place between the two providers. ABC, ESPN and other Disney outlets have not been on YouTube TV since Oct. 31 as a result of the dispute, which in turn appears to have impacted ratings<\/a> for the networks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen will ESPN and ABC be back on the service? We wish we could give you that answer today, but unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place,\u201d the memo reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe executives claim they have offered Google, the owner of YouTube TV, a deal that \u201cwould cost less overall than the terms of our recently expired license,\u201d and have offered the ability for customers to have flexible, customized packages around sports, entertainment and kids and families.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDespite all this, YouTube TV continues to insist on receiving preferential terms that are below market and has made few concessions,\u201d the memo states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLast week Disney used the threat of a blackout on YouTube TV as a negotiating tactic to force deal terms that would raise prices on our customers,\u201d a YouTube TV spokesperson said on Oct. 31<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re now following through on that threat, suspending their content on YouTube TV. This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe full memo is below:<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0Team,<\/p>\n

We promised to keep you updated on our negotiations with Google\u2019s YouTube TV following their decision last week to pull our channels from their service, and we are writing today with the latest. We realize this has been a challenging week, with everyone asking the same question as millions of YouTube TV subscribers during the busiest time of the year in sports: When will ESPN and ABC be back on the service? We wish we could give you that answer today, but unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place.<\/p>\n

We know you\u2019ve seen a swirl of information about the impasse, so we wanted to share some of the facts:<\/p>\n

We began these negotiations by offering YouTube TV a deal that would cost less overall than the terms of our recently expired license. That\u2019s real savings that YouTube TV could pass along to its customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve offered innovative, bespoke programming packages\u2014tailored to sports fans, entertainment fans, kids and families\u2014that would provide tremendous flexibility for YouTube TV and greater choice and value for its customers.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve offered fair terms that are in-line with the more than 500 other distributors that have renewed their agreements since last summer, including the top distributors, who are far larger than YouTube TV.<\/p>\n

Despite all this, YouTube TV continues to insist on receiving preferential terms that are below market and has made few concessions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRather than compete on a level playing field, Google\u2019s YouTube TV has approached these negotiations as if it were the only player in the game. It goes without saying that the reason so many consumers value our programming above others is because we invest in the best talent, creators and content in the world, and we cannot allow anyone to undercut our ability to do so.<\/p>\n

We know how difficult this situation is for the YouTube TV customers we serve, and for all of you who provide the sports programming, entertainment, news and live events that our fans know and love. Thank you for the incredible work you do each and every day and for staying focused on maintaining such a high bar throughout this difficult situation.<\/p>\n

We will continue to work diligently to find common ground with YouTube TV and will keep you informed as we have more news to share.<\/p>\n

With Gratitude,
Alan, Dana & Jimmy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The carriage dispute between YouTube TV and Disney appears set to continue. In a note sent to employees…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,437,134,427,115292],"class_list":{"0":"post-269370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-disney","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-youtube-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}