Disney, YouTube and TV Blackout
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Disney is losing the PR war with YouTube TV
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Some fans are frustrated, but a new survey offers details on everything from the "blame game" to the game that might end the standoff.
Rising costs of sports rights fees and other other factors have fueled YouTube's disputes with Disney and other media companies.
With the blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks on YouTube TV, 24% of subscribers said they have already canceled or plan to, a survey found.
The answer is a predictably unsatisfying mix of "maybe a smidgen," "probably less than you think" and "it's complicated."
Rising costs of sports rights fees and other other factors have fueled YouTube's disputes with Disney and other media companies.
Echoing disagreements between YouTube and music rights holders, Alphabet-owned YouTube TV is currently in fraught negotiations with Disney over the amounts the pay TV streaming pl