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ABC, ESPN Return to YouTube TV After Weekend Blackout Due to Carriage Dispute

ABC, ESPN Return to YouTube TV After Weekend Blackout Due to Carriage Dispute

BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #Business YouTube TV will honor its previously announced $15 discount to existing users for one month, even though access to Disney-owned channels will resume on Sunday. After a brief blackout that began on Friday night, ABC, ESPN and several other Disney-owned channels will return to YouTube TV after the Google-owned company and Disney reached a carriage agreement on Sunday afternoon. “We are pleased to announce that after a brief disruption, we have reached a new distribution agreement with Google’s YouTube TV for continued carriage of our portfolio of networks,” Disney said in a statement. “We…
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YouTube TV Loses ABC, ESPN and Other Disney-Owned Channels After Failed Contract Negotiations

YouTube TV Loses ABC, ESPN and Other Disney-Owned Channels After Failed Contract Negotiations

BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Entertainment  #Business YouTube TV will now cost $49.99, down from $64.99, as a result of the dropped channels. YouTube TV has lost ABC, ESPN and multiple other Disney-owned channels after the two companies failed to reach a contract on Friday evening. As a result, YouTube will be decreasing the monthly price of its TV streaming platform from $64.99 to $49.99 due to the loss of 25 channels, which include the FX networks, Freeform, the Disney channels, the National Geographic channels and eight local ABC stations. “We know this is frustrating news for…
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Roku, YouTube Ink New Deal, Bringing YouTube TV Back to Streaming Platform

Roku, YouTube Ink New Deal, Bringing YouTube TV Back to Streaming Platform

BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business  #Digital The companies had been in a bitter public dispute since April, and with a deal for the main YouTube app set to expire Thursday. After a bitter, public, months-long dispute, Roku and Google have come to terms on a new multi-year distribution agreement, which covers both YouTube and YouTube TV. The new deal will return the YouTube TV app to Roku’s store, and will keep the main YouTube app from being pulled from the platform (the companies had warned that the app would be pulled from Roku’s store on Dec. 9 if they couldn’t come…
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NBCUniversal, YouTube TV Ink Carriage Deal to Avoid Dropped Channels

NBCUniversal, YouTube TV Ink Carriage Deal to Avoid Dropped Channels

BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital The two companies had previously struggled to reach a deal this week that would keep more than 14 NBCU channels on YouTube TV. NBCUniversal and YouTube TV have reached an agreement that will keep more than 14 NBCU channels on the Google-owned platform, the two companies said on Saturday. “We are thrilled to have reached a deal with YouTube TV and can continue to offer our full network portfolio, without interruption,” an NBCU spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. “YouTube is a valued partner and we never want to involve our fans in a dispute, but…
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