YouTube and Disney reach a deal to restore ESPN
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On the one hand, $20—which Google previously promised users if a previously unnamed amount of time, now revealed to be “about a week and change” had passed—isn’t that much, given that a monthly YouTube TV subscription currently runs users $82.
YouTube TV's customers have been unable to watch ABC, ESPN and other Disney channels for two weeks. Could a resolution come this week?
The conflict between Disney and Google's YouTube TV carries on over different pricing expectations, and neither party is backing down.
Disney has its quarterly earnings scheduled for Thursday, which could be a potential impetus for a deal to be completed.
On the streaming topic, analysts pointed out that they were taking into account 14 days of impact from the ongoing YouTube TV blackout, which they estimated at “$60 million revenue headwind.” This means that with each week that passes with Disney channels not accessible via YouTube TV, Disney is losing around $30 million.