Disney pulls channels including ABC, ESPN from YouTube TV as talks on content deal fail The October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM 0 FILE The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad in Baltimore on March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) YouTube TV viewers may no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal. Other channels that also vanished from Google's pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo.
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FILE - The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad in Baltimore on March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
YouTube TV viewers may no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution deal.
Other channels that also vanished from Google's pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo.
Google's pay TV platform said in a blog post late Thursday that Disney had followed through on a threat to suspend its content amid the negotiations. The breakdown could impact coverage of some college football games on Saturday.
YouTube said Disney used the threat of a blackout as a negotiating tactic that would have resulted in higher prices for its subscribers. Disney's move to take down its content also benefits its own streaming products Hulu + Live TV and Fubo, YouTube said.
"We know this is a frustrating and disappointing outcome for our subscribers and we continue to urge Disney to work with us constructively to reach a fair agreement that restores their networks to YouTube TV," it said.
YouTube said it would give subscribers a $20 credit if Disney content unavailable "for an extended period of time."
Disney did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The early Friday.
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Published: October 31, 2025 at 01:36PM on Source: NITO MAG
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