Disney, YouTube and TV Blackout
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ESPN, ABC blacked out on YouTube TV
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The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels. Disney has faced similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including a 2021 outage on YouTubeTV that was resolved in two days.
Here's how to watch ESPN and ABC college football games in Week 11 without YouTube TV, as Disney and Google are still in a carriage dispute.
Rising costs of sports rights fees and other other factors have fueled YouTube's disputes with Disney and other media companies.