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.

The contract dispute between Google-owned YouTube TV and Disney-owned ESPN that sparked a blackout on Oct. 31 has been a nightmare for sports fans who are subscribers of the streaming service.

YouTube TV shared an update last week, sharing a letter that it wrote to Disney amid the dispute in which it called for ABC and ESPN to be “immediately” restored to the streaming platform while negotiations between the two sides continue.

YouTube TV is embroiled in its blackout saga with ESPN, and it tried to calm viewers' outrage by offering a little reward for their patience.

The standoff between YouTube TV and Disney, which left ABC, ESPN and a slate of Disney-owned channels dark for millions of viewers, began at the end of October when the pair failed to agree on new carriage terms and the existing licensing pact expired.

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.

YouTube pulled more than 20 Disney-owned channels including ESPN and ABC right before Halloween after Google and Disney couldn't come to an agreement. At the time, YouTube TV claimed that it ""will not agree to terms that disadvantage our members while benefiting Disney’s own live TV products."

During perhaps one of the best seasons for watching sports on television, ESPN channels were removed from the YouTube TV streaming platform. However, there are way subscribers can watch football and more sports this weekend with some help from other streaming services.