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Negotiations between The Walt Disney Co. and Google's YouTube TV could stretch well into November, as a retransmission consent impasse took all of Disney's broadcast network O&Os and ABC affiliated properties off the virtual MVPD — as well as every Disney-owned cable channel.
About 10 million YouTube TV customers lost access to ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels amid a busy sports calendar that includes college football and a "Monday Night Football" game between the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys.
More than 10 million U.S. subscribers to YouTube TV lost access to a major lineup of networks from The Walt Disney Company, including ESPN, ABC, FX and Nat
The Walt Disney Company, which owns the ABC television network, and Google, which owns YouTube TV, have reached an impasse in their negotiations. As a result, all ABC affiliates, including KSTP, have been removed from YouTube TV’s lineup.
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Disney takes 70% interest in the sports-focused channel, which becomes the nation's sixth largest pay-TV service with nearly 6 million domestic subscribers.