If you're trying to watch Disney channels on YouTube TV today, you're out of luck.Disney has pulled its channels, including ESPN and ABC, from YouTube TV after the two companies failed to reach a new distribution agreement before their Thursday deadline. This is a huge deal, as subscribers will now see ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic, and Freeform blacked out."Unfortunately, Google's YouTube TV has chosen to deny their subscribers the content they value most by refusing to pay fair rates for our channels, including ESPN and ABC," a Disney spokesperson told CNN.In a statement to USA Today, a Disney spokesperson said, “With a $3 trillion market cap, Google is using its market dominance to eliminate competition and undercut the industry-standard terms we’ve successfully negotiated with every other distributor."For its part, YouTube has said that the particulars of Disney's demands would only raise costs for customers.Posting on the company's official blog earlier this week, YouTube wrote, "They’re now following through on that threat, suspending their content on YouTube TV. This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo."They posted about the failure to reach a deal last night."Despite our best efforts, we have not been able to reach a fair deal, and starting today, Disney programming will not be available on YouTube TV," YouTube TV said via a social media statement on Oct. 30.These are the affected channels, according to Google:ABCESPNESPN2FreeformFXFXXDisney JuniorSEC NetworkNat GeoNat Geo WildDisney ChannelESPNUFXMABC News...
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