YouTube TV is a paid streaming service that's partnered with Disney to stream Disney-owned channels like ESPN, ABC and FX.
Background: YouTube TV is a paid streaming service which lets people watch TV from free-to-air channels and pay-TV channels. We're talkin' BBC, Animal Planet...and a bunch of Disney-owned channels like ESPN, ABC and FX.
What happened: Disney's contract with YouTube TV expired last Friday, and these two companies failed to re-negotiate a new contract before that. So, YouTube TV dropped Disney's channels.
What else: Now, after what we can only imagine was a rowdy weekend of negotiating...these two have seemingly worked it out. And this 'carriage dispute' finally came to an end, with YouTube restoring access to all Disney's channels.
💡A carriage dispute happens when content providers, like YouTube and Disney, disagree over the rights and terms to 'carry' specific channels.
💡When these carriage disputes happen, sometimes everyone misses out...including us customers, who cop content 'blackouts' when providers can't come to agreements. And nowadays, this is happening more and more often.
💡In 2010, there were only 8 blackouts. In 2019? There were 276. And it's because with so many streaming services out there...the broadcast industry is a lot more crowded - and competitive, which means it can take longer to reach a deal.
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