This is the third time in two months that YouTube TV has faced a contract dispute, but this one has had the largest consumer impact, by far.

Disney suspended ESPN, ABC content on YouTube TV after the companies failed to reach a new contractual agreement.

When ESPN and other Disney channels went dark on YouTube TV last week, the service said subscribers would receive a credit if the blackout went on for an “extended period” of time. Users now know when that would be.

While ESPN and YouTube TV remain at odds following the network's removal of its content from the latter’s platform, significant changes are afoot. The Worldwide Leader in Sports has taken a kinder view on betting in recent years and,