Overview
- More than 20 Disney-owned channels have been off YouTube TV since the Oct. 30 deadline passed without a new carriage deal, with no resolution announced as of Nov. 3.
- YouTube TV subscribers are expected to miss the Cowboys–Cardinals Monday Night Football broadcast after a weekend that already blocked access to roughly 25 college football games.
- Disney said it has formally asked YouTube TV to restore ABC for Nov. 4 election coverage, and YouTube TV had not publicly committed to the request by Monday afternoon.
- YouTube TV argues Disney’s terms would raise customer prices and says it will offer a one-time $20 credit if the blackout is extended, while Disney accuses Google of refusing fair rates and leveraging market dominance.
- The disruption affects an estimated 9–10 million subscribers and follows other recent YouTube TV carriage fights, as ESPN temporarily made College GameDay free to stream on its app and on X.