YouTube TV and Disney Deal Hints at a Future with Sports Channel Packages

YouTube TV and Disney deal hints at a future with sports channel packages

The contract deal between YouTube TV and Disney hints at the future of the streaming service, including the potential for channel packages.

YouTube TV, Disney Cut Deal Ending Blackout of ESPN, ABC

Google and Disney finally ended their standoff, announcing a multiyear agreement on pricing and terms for a renewed carriage deal for YouTube TV.

YouTube TV May Soon Offer New Channel Packages After Disney Deal

YouTube TV users may soon see new, flexible channel packages as Google moves towards providing genre-specific bundles for the service. The concept has been a point of discussion for a long time, but it gained momentum only after the recent clash between Disney and YouTube TV. Genre-specific channel packages will soon be available on YouTube TV Disney has announced its renewed agreement and has put an end to its two-week carriage dispute with You…

Disney and YouTube TV: Who won the carriage war?

On Friday night, out of thin air, Disney and YouTube TV reached a deal to restore Disney-owned networks to the platform after a two-week blackout. It was a fitting end to a carriage dispute that many thought would be a formality prior to the Halloween deadline, before at least one industry consultant speculated a deal may never be reached as the battle dragged on. So in classic Friday news dump style, the two sides finalized an agreement, about …

YouTube TV's fresh Disney deal might be hinting at big changes to the service

TL;DR YouTube TV and Disney recently worked out their coverage dispute. In announcing the resolution, Disney referenced the service’s “genre-based channel packages.” Right now there’s really only sports and Spanish bundles, hinting at the possibility of more. YouTube TV subscribers collectively let out a sigh of relief over the weekend, as the streaming service and Disney resolved their dispute and settled on a contract, restoring access to Dis…

How YouTube TV and ESPN Settled Dispute

YouTube TV and ESPN ended their two-week-plus standoff late Friday, just in time for a big slate of college football Saturday. FOS newsletter writer Eric Fisher joins to explain how the two sides reached an agreement and what ESPN’s new unlimited YouTube TV package will look like. Meanwhile, FOS Asset Class author Ben Horney joins to break down everything […]