YouTube TV Cuts Fees After Losing ESPN, Other Disney-Owned Channels In Failed Negotiations

The logo of Youtube is displayed by a tablet and a smartphone during Toulouse shows, on Oct. 5, 2021. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Google’s YouTube TV has lost over a dozen Disney-owned channels, including ABC and ESPN after the two companies failed to strike a deal in last-minute contract renewal negotiations.

The two companies said in separate statements Friday that the negotiations fell through and the Disney-owned channels would be dropped from the YouTube TV streaming service starting Dec. 18.