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Title: Disney warns that YouTube TV could lose its channels amid fee
negotations

Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:53:47 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/stream...

Stop me if you've heard this one before: YouTube TV may lose a provider's
content because a deadline is approaching without a deal in place. This time,
the media company is Disney. It's warning (via Variety) that its networks
could soon go dark on Google's streaming service.

The two sides are negotiating ahead of an October 30 midnight ET deadline. If
they can't agree by then, all Disney content will disappear from YouTube TV.
That includes (among others) all ESPN channels, local ABC stations, ABC News,
FX, NatGeo, Disney Channel and Freeform. A YouTube spokesperson told Variety
that if that should happen for "an extended period of time," subscribers will
receive a $20 credit.

One aspect of these battles is finger-pointing as each side tries to leverage
public perception. Disney says YouTube is trying to muscle the mouse into
paying below market value. Meanwhile, YouTube claims Disney is "proposing
costly economic terms" that could lead to even higher subscription fees.
YouTube TV launched at $35 per month in 2017 and now costs a whopping $83
monthly.

If recent history is any indication, you can expect the dire warnings of
content removal to continue until they strike a deal at the last second. That
already happened several times this year.

In February, YouTube TV and Paramount had that dance. Google's streaming
network and Fox came to a renewal deal in August after repeated content-
removal warnings. YouTube TV and NBCUniversal did the thing earlier this
month. However, in that case, the streaming service dropped Univision and
other TelevisaUnivision networks, so tidy deals aren't inevitable. Time will
tell how this one plays out, but it's hard to imagine either side here
wanting to play chicken past the October 30 deadline.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/stream...
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