Disney’s channels will be removed from YouTube’s pay-TV platform after the two media giants failed to reach a new carriage agreement before Thursday’s midnight deadline. The blackout will leave subscribers unable to watch content from Disney networks, including ESPN, ABC, Disney Channel, FX, National Geographic and Freeform.

The dispute is between ABC/Disney and YouTube. Cox Media Group and its ABC affiliates, including WFTV, are not part of the negotiations. We do not have a say in where ABC/Disney channels are carried. This dispute only affects YouTube TV subscribers. ABC is available to watch on other providers and over the air via an antenna.

Other streaming services certainly benefitted with an influx of new subscribers as fans of teams in the ACC, Big 12 and SEC playing on ESPN, ESPN2 and the conference’s networks couldn’t watch the games. YouTube TV has roughly 10 million subscribers as customers have ditched linear cable in favor of streaming to watch television networks.

Disney filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the Google-owned company, which hired Justin Connolly ahead of licensing renewal deals.

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Cut off from ESPN and ABC, streaming viewers are caught in the middle of a contract battle that will feel very familiar to anyone who remembers linear TV.

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