YouTube TV has warned viewers that channels together with ABC, ESPN, FX and others could disappear by 11:59 PM on December seventeenth if it may’t come to phrases with Disney over carriage charges. If that occurs, YouTube TV will decrease its value by $15 (from $65 to $50) whereas Disney content material stays off the service.
“Disney is an important partner for us. We are in active conversations with them and are working hard to keep their content on YouTube TV,” it stated in a press launch. “Our ask of Disney, as with all of our partners, is to treat YouTube TV like any other TV provider — by offering us the same rates that services of a similar size pay, across Disney’s channels for as long as we carry them. If Disney offers us equitable terms, we’ll renew our agreement with them.”
The Google-owned platform stated that it is “optimistic” it may attain a take care of Disney and that it has a “highly successful track record of negotiating such agreements with providers.” That stated, YouTube TV has additionally seen some failed negotiations, resembling when it disappeared off new Roku units in April 2021 earlier than lastly returning in December.
Google got here to phrases with Roku simply earlier than the primary YouTube app disappeared, so there’s some hope that it may attain a take care of Disney forward of the December 17 deadline. Just in case, although, YouTube TV stated that customers would possibly need to join the $14 Disney Bundle to maintain entry to ABC and different channels.
YouTube TV launched solely just lately in April of 2017, however with 4 million subscribers, it is change into one of many prime cord-cutting companies together with Disney’s Hulu, based on The Hollywood Reporter. If the events cannot come to phrases, some 25 channels may disappear.
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