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

[osu1991]

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

YouTube TV will drop ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks at midnight ET Thursday. Google and Disney remain far apart on a deal in a dispute over pricing.

variety.com

YouTube TV removed Disney's networks as much as 30 minutes before the previous carriage deal expired at the stroke of midnight ET, after the two sides remain far apart on a deal renewal to keep ABC, ESPN and more on the internet TV service. The main sticking point is price — Disney is asking for rate hikes that Google isn't willing to agree to.

 

[Tampa8]

Youtube did not drop the Disney Networks.
"Google's pay TV platform said in a blog post late Thursday that Disney had followed through on a threat to suspend its content amid the negotiations."

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/disney-youtube-streaming/2025/10/31/id/1232686/

If I was a subscriber, and I bet millions other would agree, I'd take a $20 a month drop in price ongoing to $69.99 without the Disney channels.

 

[osu1991]

Youtube did not drop the Disney Networks.
"Google's pay TV platform said in a blog post late Thursday that Disney had followed through on a threat to suspend its content amid the negotiations."

https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/disney-youtube-streaming/2025/10/31/id/1232686/

If I was a subscriber, and I bet millions other would agree, I'd take a $20 a month drop in price ongoing to $69.99 without the Disney channels.

Too early for me, I didn't even notice the title from Variety was worded to blame Google.

 

[Tampa8]

Too early for me, I didn't even notice the title from Variety was worded to blame Google.

Lol wasn't blaming you just the headline.....

 

[dishdude]

Here's the full list of networks being pulled from YouTube TV: ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, Freeform, FX, FXX, FXM, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, SEC Network, Nat Geo, Nat Geo Wild, ABC News Live, ACC Network, Localish; on the Spanish plan, ESPN Deportes, Baby TV Español and Nat Geo Mundo.

All junk channels.

 

[Bobby]

All junk channels.

To some, to others a gotta have...

 

[dishdude]

To some, to others a gotta have...

1 ESPN, 1 FX, 1 Disney, 1 Nat Geo is all that's needed. Content was a lot better when we only had 36 channels.

 

[NYDutch]

All junk channels.

We like Nat Geo and Nat Geo Wild programs at times, but we won't miss the others. We subscribe to ESPN+ for the NHL season, so we've got that covered.

 

[Ronnie-]

All junk channels.

I dont watch most of them except during College football and basketball season. The ESPN channels, SEC, and ABC are basically the only reason I use live tv for even a small part of the year, and even then only a few hours a week in that time.

 

[MikeD-C05]

All junk channels.

Thank God for my ota antenna and TABLO ota dvr. I would hate to lose ABC, but who would miss the other channels? I know I don't watch any of those.

 

[ncted]

ABC has to pay for all the waste in college football somehow: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/sport/college-football-coach-buyouts

 

[Jimbo]

I dont watch most of them except during College football and basketball season. The ESPN channels, SEC, and ABC are basically the only reason I use live tv for even a small part of the year, and even then only a few hours a week in that time.

Except that time of the year is NOW ...

 

[Jimbo]

Thank God for my ota antenna and TABLO ota dvr. I would hate to lose ABC, but who would miss the other channels? I know I don't watch any of those.

If you were a Sports fan, you'd have a different opinion.

That said, if/when I need espn, I have it on the Disney Bundle App.

 

[Jimbo]

ABC has to pay for all the waste in college football somehow: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/sport/college-football-coach-buyouts

REALLY ????

You think ABC isn't making money from Football ?????

 

[ncted]

REALLY ????

You think ABC isn't making money from Football ?????

Well, I didn't say one way or the other, but my understanding was Disney makes most of their money from their parks and cruise lines these days. The TV stuff is technically profitable, but not nearly as much as it used to be.

I was mainly talking about how much money is wasted on college football, whether Disney is involved or not.

 

[Jimbo]

Well, I didn't say one way or the other, but my understanding was Disney makes most of their money from their parks and cruise lines these days. The TV stuff is technically profitable, but not nearly as much as it used to be.

I was mainly talking about how much money is wasted on college football, whether Disney is involved or not.

I don 't understand why you think it is "Wasted" on Football ?

Would you rather have the 7000 different "Reality Shows" on instead ?

At least the Football is LIVE and REAL.

 

[navychop]

How much longer before college athletics, especially pigball, costs so much more than it's worth that something is actually done about it? Like, abolition?

I doubt many folks attend a particular school for the jock games. Outside of the jocks.

 

[Bobby]

If you were a Sports fan, you'd have a different opinion.

That said, if/when I need espn, I have it on the Disney Bundle App.

As do I…

 

[John2021]

Glad we dropped YTTV...