Disney and Youtube Fail To Come To Agreement: ESPN Gone For Many

On Friday night, Youtube announced that they failed to reach a deal with Disney to continue carrying their channels on their streaming cable service. This means that subscribers to the platform will no longer have access to ESPN, ACC Network or SEC Network.

“We’ve held good faith negotiations with Disney for several months,” YouTube TV said. “Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we’ve been unable to reach an equitable agreement before our existing one expired, and their channels are no longer available on YouTube TV.”

Youtube announced subscribers will have their bills reduced by $15 for the duration of the dispute.

Because of this news, this will impact subscribers who follow Boston College athletics. Basketball games both men and women's are on the family of channels, while the Military Bowl is scheduled to air on ESPN on December 27th. Like many cable disputes this could change at any time.

Youtube said they are still in discussion with Disney, and given the reaction on social media, they might need to make a deal soon or risk hemorrhaging subscribers. YoutubeTV also lost NESN and other local sports channels earlier this year.

If you are looking for another streaming service that will have ESPN, FuboTV is comparable and has the ESPN family of channels.

The lost channels are:

Your local ABC channel
ABC News Live
Disney Channel
Disney Junior
Disney XD
Freeform
FX
FXX
FXM
National Geographic
National Geographic Wild
ESPN
ESPN2
ESPN3 (by authentication to the ESPN app)
ESPNU
ESPNEWS
SEC Network
ACC Network

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QB Phil Jurkovec

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LB Isaiah Graham Mobley

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TE Trae Barry

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DB Josh DeBery

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