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ESPN programs will be removed from YouTube TV on Oct. 31 if a deal is not reached by then.
Disney, the company that owns ESPN, and Google, the company the owns YouTube TV, are in a stalemate in contract negotiations for an agreement regarding Disney programs on YouTube TV.
If a deal is not reached by 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 30, then Disney programs will no longer be available on YouTube TV.
No agreement has been reached as of 2:40 p.m. on Oct. 30, said a Google spokesperson in an emailed statement to NorthJersey.com. No update on negotiations could be provided.
Disney did not immediately respond to a request to comment on negotiations, and questions regarding if a deal has been reached between the two companies.
“Unfortunately, Disney is proposing costly economic terms that would raise prices on YouTube TV customers and give our customers fewer choices, while benefiting Disney’s own live TV products – like Hulu + Live TV and, soon, Fubo,” said a released statement from YouTube TV on Oct. 23.
Google also said in the release that a $20 credit will be given to YouTube TV subscribers if Disney channels are removed for an “extended period of time.”
What channels would leave YouTube TV?
Along with ESPN, other Disney-owned channels, such as ABC, National Geographic, Disney Channel, FX and others will also be removed from YouTube TV if not deal is completed.
This is not the first time two companies have clashed over compensation which jeopardized the removal of channels from YouTube TV.
Google and Fox struck a new deal on Aug. 28 which allowed Fox programs to stay on YouTube TV. The deadline for a new deal between both companies was Aug. 27.
Earlier this month, NBCUniversal (NBCU) and Google agreed to a multi-year contract which will allow NBC programs to stay on YouTube TV.
Other programs are still not available on YouTube TV because of contract negotiations between two companies that completely stalled. SNY, where the New York Mets play baseball, and YES Network, where the New York Yankees play baseball, were removed from YouTube TV in 2023 and both are still not available on the platform.