YouTube TV and Disney Sign Multi-Year Deal to Bring Back ABC, ESPN, and Other Channels

YouTube TV and Disney Sign Multi-Year Deal to Bring Back ABC, ESPN, and Other Channels

YouTube TV and Disney Sign Multi-Year Deal to Bring Back ABC, ESPN, and Other Channels

The two-week-long drama concludes as 21 channels make their return to YouTube TV.

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Essential Information

  • YouTube and Disney struck a multi-year agreement on Friday, reinstating major channels on the live TV streaming platform.
  • Channels and content owned by Disney are now live on YouTube TV, effective immediately.
  • Subscribers will also have access to previously-recorded content restored to their YouTube TV accounts.

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YouTube TV and Disney were locked in contentious negotiations over content rights for about two weeks, leaving subscribers unable to access 21 channels, including significant ones like ABC and ESPN. The public disagreement ultimately concluded on Friday, Nov. 14, as YouTube and Disney revealed they had come to a multi-year deal to restore the channels to YouTube TV. Subscribers should now see all Disney channels and previously-recorded content reinstated on the live TV service.

Google and Disney disclosed the new agreement through separate press statements, each reflecting a favorable result for both parties. More crucially