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TL;DR YouTube TV has emailed Disney proposing to restore both ABC and ESPN while negotiations continue.
The company rejected Disney’s request to bring back ABC for just one day, saying it would confuse customers.
YouTube TV says it can reinstate Disney’s channels “within hours” if Disney agrees to do so.
YouTube TV has emailed Disney, proposing to restore both ABC and ESPN networks while negotiations between the two companies continue. The move comes after Disney requested that Google temporarily restore ABC on YouTube TV for Election Day coverage in the public interest.
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“To truly achieve what is best for our mutual customers, we propose immediately restoring the Disney channels that our customers watch: ABC and the ESPN networks, while we continue to negotiate,” YouTube said in its email. “Those are the channels that people want.”
However, YouTube TV rejected Disney’s request to bring back ABC for one day only, stating that it would only create confusion for users who might see the channels briefly reappear and then disappear again.
“Your proposal would permit us to return Disney’s ABC stations only for a day and will cause customer confusion among those who may briefly see ABC on YouTube TV only to lose it again shortly after,” Google said.
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