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Scott Younker

YouTube TV backlash — 24% of subscribers say they're canceling as Disney war rages on

YouTube TV logo on a phone in front of a TV.

As we enter the second week of YouTube TV and Disney's ongoing fee war, ESPN, ABC, and other Disney-owned channels remain blacked out, and subscribers are not happy. The House of Mouse channels were taken away from YouTube TV just before Halloween on October 30 as Disney and Google struggled to come to an agreement.

In its most simple terms, Google asserts that Disney wants too much money for its channels, and Disney has claimed that Google isn't paying fair rates. It's gotten so bad that even ESPN employees have started calling for an end to the blackout.

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