YoutubeTV vs Disney Dispute

[Alaskan Ram]

Why are ESPN, ABC not on YouTube TV? Here are college football games affected by dispute

Why are ESPN, ABC and Disney channels not on YouTube TV? Here are the games you won't be able to watch on Saturday.

www.usatoday.com

I launched YouTubeTV today to watch some college football. I finally have a slow Saturday and I was looking forward to watching the Texas vs Vanderbilt game to see if Arch is still improving.

Quickly discovered a very, very small slate of games available, and thought, what the fuckin' fuck???

Above article tells the story.

The situation sucks. YouTubeTV is expensive enough. I think I'm held hostage with it in order to keep watching Rams games. Maybe I can dial back the plan if more programming pulls out. Need to look up the minimum bundle in order to keep the Sunday Ticket. Honestly, I was so excited beginning of year when my Sunday Ticket auto renewed, I forgot to see what the heck I paid for it.

I digress.....moving on, we do also have Disney+. So I switched over to that app, and realize my current bundle has ESPN Select instead of ESPN Unlimited - - meaning, I don't get the live ESPN Channels. Need to pony up another $12 a month. (insert more profanity of your choice here....)

I'm not seeing a resolution coming on this for ESPN and ABC Channels to return to YoutubeTV.

How many subscriptions do you have to have these days to make sure you don't miss a live football game? FUCKITY FUCK FUCK.
Go Rams.

 

[rdlkgliders]

This is partially a result of forcing the break up of monopolies
The big players have manipulated the system “surprise” and we now get served to death to acquire the programming that serves our needs.

It sucks, not a fan of Disney or it’s giant umbrella of specialized media services

 

[rdlkgliders]

Here is a look at the Disney Umbrella

Marvel Entertainment. A subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

Marvel Studios. A subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company that produces movies based on Marvel comic book characters.

Pixar. A Disney subsidiary that produces computer-animated feature films.

20th Century Studios. An American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Studios.

Disney Music Group. The Disney Music Group includes Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records, Disney Music Publishing, and Disney Concerts.

Disney Theatrical Group

21st Century Fox

Disney Channel. American basic cable and satellite television network owned by Walt Disney Television.

Disney Studio Services. Disney owns four major film studios: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, and Lucasfilm Ltd.

National Geographic. A joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic Society. It is the media brand of the Walt Disney Company.

A+E Networks. A joint venture of Disney and Hearst.

ABC and ESPN. Disney owns 80% of ESPN.

Disney Experiences. A division of The Walt Disney Company that creates immersive worlds for guests through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, and vacation experiences.

Disneyland Paris

Disneyland Resort. Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Experiences division.

ESPN. ESPN is a division of The Walt Disney Company.

ESPN Films

FX Networks. Disney acquired FX Networks on March 20, 2019, after acquiring 21st Century Fox.

Lucasfilm. Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4.05 billion in stock and cash.

Searchlight Pictures. Searchlight Pictures is a film studio that was acquired by Disney in 2019 as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

Walt Disney World® Resort. Owned by Walt Disney World Company, Walt Disney Travel Company, and Walt Disney World Hospitality and Recreation Corporation.

20th Century Animation

ABC Signature. Disney owns ABC Signature, a television production studio.



ABC.

 

[dieterbrock]

Here’s how to watch ESPN and ABC for free if you lost access on YouTube TV

Make sure you won’t miss any of this weekend’s NCAA action.

nypost.com

 

[Faceplant]

Oh well, I guess I'll miss our MNF games if they don't resolve it. I'm not giving that fucking mouse a penny of my $.

 

[RamFan503]

Hmmm… Someone Talked Effusively About… Memory Serves… some kind of thing you can do on the internet. What was that…??? It was like the… I think had something to do with TV. And it was an app. Just don’t .com it. You have to .to it.

 

[Alaskan Ram]

Oh well, I guess I'll miss our MNF games if they don't resolve it. I'm not giving that fucking mouse a penny of my $.

Me too.
I ended up cancelling our Disney Bundle.
At first I didn't mind ESPN and ABC channels missing from the YouTubeTV. I knew I had the ESPN app with my Disney/Marvel/Hulu/ESPN bundle. But when I found out that they changed the ESPN to ESPN select and removed the live channels right before this stand off... I got pissed. Instead of an extra $10 a month from me, they're now losing $30.
Next year, I'm voiding the YouTube Base Plan and buying the Sunday Ticket solo (don't care if it is $100 bucks more). I'm paying $89 a month plus extra $10 a month for 4k resolution for that base plan, and I only use it primarily for Sunday Ticket. If I cancel that base plan now, you lose the Sunday ticket and don't get a refund.

The funny thing is, I haven't stayed up late enough to even watch a Monday Night Game this year. But I liked having the choice!