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With Cardinals-Cowboys blacked out, YouTube TV, ESPN remain “far apart”
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Published November 4, 2025 09:45 AM
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Though a full weekend of college football and NFL action, ESPN and ABC were not available to millions of YouTube TV subscribers.
The first slate of missed games may not be the last.
Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, Google and Disney “remain far apart” in their positions. The major issue, as it always seems to be, is money. Google, per Karp, wants rates similar to what major cable providers like Charter/Spectrum and Comcast pay for the various Disney-owned channels. The fact that YouTube TV doesn’t have the same number of subscribers has prompted Disney to resist.
Meanwhile, ESPN continues to use its highly-compensated employees to spread the Gospel according to Mickey. The overt social-media shilling doesn’t seem to be resonating with the masses, who (correctly) are resisting the idea of pointing a finger at one side or the other and blaming both.
It’s not complicated. Get in a room, lock the door, and do the deal. It’s going to happen, eventually. Make it happen. Give a little. Get a little. Emerge from the negotiations with the best possible outcome: A compromise that leaves both companies equal parts satisfied and disappointed.
Rating: 5