YouTube TV restores access to ESPN, FX after Disney dispute resolved

by: CATHY BUSSEWITZ, AP Business Writer

Posted: Dec 19, 2021 / 08:16 PM EST / Updated: Dec 19, 2021 / 08:16 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — YouTube TV began restoring entree to Disney contented aft a quality betwixt the companies led to an interruption of work implicit the weekend.

YouTube told viewers Sunday they were restoring work truthful customers could erstwhile again ticker networks provided by Disney specified arsenic ESPN, FX, National Geographic and section ABC stations.

During the outage, viewers mislaid entree to each unrecorded Disney contented including recordings they had saved to their libraries.

The outage stemmed from a breakdown successful negotiations betwixt YouTube and Disney implicit the declaration betwixt the companies, which expired precocious Friday. YouTube had wanted Disney to complaint the institution the aforesaid complaint to transportation its contented that it charged different TV providers of akin size. The companies reached statement Sunday.

YouTube apologized for the disruption and said it would supply a $15 recognition to impacted customers.