{"id":283593,"date":"2025-11-15T00:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/283593\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T00:04:10","slug":"how-youtube-tv-subscribers-can-claim-20-credit-amid-disney-blackout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/283593\/","title":{"rendered":"How YouTube TV subscribers can claim $20 credit amid Disney blackout"},"content":{"rendered":"

YouTube TV <\/a>subscribers who have missed two weeks of programming like Monday Night Football and Dancing With the Stars<\/a>, due to a failed renewal deal<\/a> with Disney<\/a>, will now receive a one-time $20 credit to help offset the disruption.<\/p>\n

Since October 30, Disney-owned channels, including ABC, ESPN<\/a>, FX<\/a>, and National Geographic, <\/a>have been unavailable on YouTube TV due to the dispute, leaving viewers without major entertainment<\/a> and sports broadcasts.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, with no agreement yet reached, YouTube TV began emailing subscribers instructions on how to apply a one-time $20 credit to their next bill.<\/p>\n

To claim the credit, subscribers need to:<\/p>\n

Click on their profile, go to Settings, then select Updates<\/p>\n

Locate the \u201cDisney<\/a> Credit<\/a>\u201d notification and click \u201cClaim credit<\/a>.\u201d After doing so, a message should appear confirming that the credit<\/a> will be applied to the next bill<\/p>\n

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YouTube TV started emailing subscribers on Sunday with instructions to claim a one-time $20 credit for their next bill, as no deal with Disney had been reached (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

For those billed through providers like Google Play, the credit is applied automatically. The credit is a one-time offer, regardless of the blackout<\/a>\u2019s duration.<\/p>\n

Users must have an active subscription to claim the credit.<\/p>\n

The ongoing blackout is costly for both sides. Disney reportedly loses about $4.3 million daily, Deadline<\/a> reports, while Variety<\/a> says 24 percent of YouTube TV subscribers have canceled or plan to cancel over the disruption.<\/p>\n

On October 30, YouTube TV accused Disney of using the blackout as a negotiating tactic to push for higher prices on subscribers.<\/p>\n

“This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo,” the statement<\/a> read. “We know this is a frustrating and disappointing outcome for our subscribers and we continue to urge Disney to work with us constructively to reach a fair agreement that restores their networks to YouTube TV.”<\/p>\n

Since its 2017 launch, YouTube TV\u2019s monthly price has risen from $35 to $82.99 as of January 2025, with increases along the way in 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n

The return of Disney-owned channels to YouTube TV remains uncertain, as negotiations between the companies are still ongoing. If a deal is reached, YouTube TV says the channels could be restored \u201cin a matter of hours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"YouTube TV subscribers who have missed two weeks of programming like Monday Night Football and Dancing With the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,6896,3494,75,29978,348,45760],"class_list":{"0":"post-283593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-credit","11":"tag-disney","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-national-geographic","14":"tag-tv","15":"tag-youtube-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}