YouTube TV offers $20 credit
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Google had been winning the P.R. battle with Disney over the absence of ESPN, ABC, and other Disney-owned channels from YouTube TV by doing nothing.
A memo from Disney executives signals pessimism over a deal with YouTube TV, as over 10 million users lose access to ESPN/ABC during a high-stakes distribution standoff ahead of major games.
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The battle between YouTube TV and ESPN doesn’t appear to have an end in sight — so users will be getting some money back.
YouTube TV is the most popular and successful live-TV streaming service, far outpacing its rivals in the cable-as-internet game. But the platform has been waging lots of high-profile, ugly battles with various entertainment giants—and it may be losing once-loyal fans and subscribers as a result.
During perhaps one of the best seasons for watching sports on television, ESPN channels were removed from the YouTube TV streaming platform. However, there are way subscribers can watch football and more sports this weekend with some help from other streaming services.
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.
Clemson football fans planning to watch the Tigers this weekend via YouTube TV may have to make alternate plans.
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