Disney pulls channels from YouTube TV over fee dispute

ESPN, ABC and other Disney channels will not be available to YouTube TV subscribers.

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Disney said the online pay-TV platform, which is owned by the tech giant Google and available only in the US, had refused to pay fair rates for the content, which also include National Geographic and the Disney channel.

In its own statement, YouTube TV said that Disney's proposed terms "disadvantage our members while benefiting Disney's own live TV products".

After tense negotiations, the channels vanished from YouTube TV just before midnight on Thursday - the deadline to reach a new deal. The blackout affects roughly 10 million subscribers.

If Disney channels remain suspended for an "extend period of time", YouTube TV said it would offer subscribers a $20 credit.