ESPN, YouTube and college football
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ESPN received strong backlash after it sent a message to YouTube TV customers this week amid a standoff over rights.
KeepMyNetworks.com has at the top of the page various options for complaining directly to YouTube about the outage. Next comes a link to other TV providers, following by predictable Disney talking points.
YouTube TV rejected Walt Disney Co.’s request to restore its ABC network to the online TV service during Election Day as a fight over distribution fees drags on.
Disney asked YouTube to add ABC ahead of Election Day. YouTube TV said in the past two elections, its viewers largely did not watch ABC.
A significant chunk of video programming from ABC and ESPN is unavailable due to Google and Disney's inability to reach a licensing deal. On Thursday night, YouTube TV’s parent Google announced it was losing access to Disney content,