YouTube TV Drops Disney’s ABC, ESPN and Other Networks After Two Sides Fail to Reach New Deal

[savarese04]

Everyone on here that is mad or shutting off YTTV is Blaming them, IF you were not, you'd see that Disney is the ones that took the channels down.

But thats ok ... you all go ahead and drop the provided without seeing who actually dropped the channels.

i still have no idea why you are directing this at me. Nowhere have I said anything about blaming YTTV nor have I said anything about dropping YTTV due to this issue.

 

[DS0816]

From someone at Disney.

Team,

We promised to keep you updated on our negotiations with Google's YouTube TV following their decision last week to pull our channels from their service, and we are writing today with the latest. We realize this has been a challenging week, with everyone asking the same question as millions of YouTube TV subscribers during the busiest time of the year in sports: When will ESPN and ABC be back on the service? We wish we could give you that answer today, but unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place.

We know you've seen a swirl of information about the impasse, so we wanted to share some of the facts:

We began these negotiations by offering YouTube TV a deal that would cost less overall than the terms of our recently expired license. That's real savings that YouTube TV could pass along to its customers. We've offered innovative, bespoke programming packages—tailored to sports fans, entertainment fans, kids and families—that would provide tremendous flexibility for YouTube TV and greater choice and value for its customers. We've offered fair terms that are in-line with the more than 500 other distributors that have renewed their agreements since last summer, including the top distributors, who are far larger than YouTube TV. Despite all this, YouTube TV continues to insist on receiving preferential terms that are below market and has made few concessions. Rather than compete on a level playing field, Google's YouTube TV has approached these negotiations as if it were the only player in the game. It goes without saying that the reason so many consumers value our programming above others is because we invest in the best talent, creators and content in the world, and we cannot allow anyone to undercut our ability to do so.

We know how difficult this situation is for the YouTube TV customers we serve, and for all of you who provide the sports programming, entertainment, news and live events that our fans know and love. Thank you for the incredible work you do each and every day and for staying focused on maintaining such a high bar throughout this difficult situation.

We will continue to work diligently to find common ground with YouTube TV and will keep you informed as we have more news to share.

With Gratitude, Alan, Dana & Jimmy

Let me rewrite this with more accuracy.



"Hey, Everyone!

Google is a trillion-dollar corporation.

Disney is a billion-dollar corporation.

Let's pull the wool over the eyes of all the people at Google's YouTube TV.

We know we can do to Google what we do to all others.

We're the best!

It has always been that way.

It will always be that way.

Have a good one!"

—Disney, Once More