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On the one hand, $20—which Google previously promised users if a previously unnamed amount of time, now revealed to be “about a week and change” had passed—isn’t that much, given that a monthly YouTube TV subscription currently runs users $82.
Amid the Disney blackout, YouTube TV customers will begin to receive a $20 credit starting Nov. 9 if there is still no deal to restore ESPN, ABC and other channels.
The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels. Disney has faced similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including a 2021 outage on YouTubeTV that was resolved in two days.
YouTube TV will follow through on its promise to reimburse customers in the event of a Disney-related blackout beginning Sunday. The internet company previously pledged to issue $20 credits if customers lost access to Disney and related channels (including local ABC stations and ESPN) for "an extended period of time.
Rising costs of sports rights fees and other other factors have fueled YouTube's disputes with Disney and other media companies.
Unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place,” Disney executives wrote in a memo on Friday.
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.
Disney cast members are the heart and soul of so much of the joy that is found by guests at Disney parks around the world. Cast members of Disney parks help create happiness for guests of all ages, not only by the services they provide,
During her Can I Be Honest? segment on her 'Not Gonna Lie' podcast, Kylie Kelce, who's a mom to daughters Finnley, 7 months, Bennett, 2, Elliotte, 4, and Wyatt, 6, got real about navigating Disney World with little ones.
Opening today – November 7, 2025 – at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, is a new immersive 4D show, Zootopia: Better Zoogether!. It replaces the long-standing It’s Tough to Be a Bug show (themed to the film A Bug's Life) inside the Tree of Life Theater near the front of the park and marks the park’s first new attraction in years.
Golden Globe actor Jennifer Lawrence announced she is co-producing a Miss Piggy movie for Disney, alongside fellow Oscar-winner Emma Stone. Lawrence revealed the news during a recent interview on the Las Culturistas Podcast. “I don’t know if I can announce this, but I’m just gonna. Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie,” she said.