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Disney removes ABC, ESPN and more from YouTube TV: What to know about contract dispute
YouTube TV customers are the losers as the company has pulled the plugged on Disney-owned channels in a contract dispute.
YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal. Other channels that vanished from Google’s pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo.
Disney has been 'unnecessarily aggressive" in carriage talks with YouTube TV, with an "antiquated view" of the economics of pay-TV, the tech giant says.