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YouTube TV offers $20 credit to customers (which likely means no Monday Night Football, again)
YouTube TV has sent an email to subscribers explaining that a $20 credit is coming.
A discouraging update emerged regarding ESPN and Disney’s ongoing standoff with YouTube TV ahead of a weekend packed with sports.
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.
YouTube TV subscribers still do not have access to ABC, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels, as well as related recorded content on their DVRs from Disney brands. As of Saturday, Disney and Google-owned YouTube TV continue to go back and forth in negotiations for a new carriage agreement after the previous one expired Oct. 30.
A leaked memo from Disney execs painted a grim picture of the company's ongoing negotiations with YouTube TV. Now, Google is responding with a strong statement.
For yet another weekend, YouTube TV subscribers were unable to watch college football on Disney-owned networks like ESPN and ABC as a result of a carriage dispute that has been ongoing since Oct. 30.