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Late-night television hosts hit a few stumbling blocks this year as CBS decided to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! in a high-profile move. That climate, combined with a pending merger, left the status of Jon Stewart's The Daily ...
Disney has yet to reach an agreement with YouTube regarding streaming rights on YouTube TV for its properties, which include ABC, the official network of 9-1-1 and spinoff series 9-1-1: Nashville. ABC is even urging fans to help speed the negotiations along by contacting YouTube to “let them know you want your favorite networks back.”
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YouTube TV proposes to reinstate ABC and ESPN as negotiations continue — here's what we know
YouTube would like to restore ABC and ESPN while the two companies negotiate, saying, "We propose immediately restoring the Disney channels that our customers watch: ABC and the ESPN networks, while we continue to negotiate. Those are the channels that people want."
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Why is ABC not on YouTube TV? Where is ESPN, Disney? What we know on live stream services dispute
Is ABC not on YouTube TV? What happened to ESPN? Where is the Disney Channel? What we know about live TV streaming services dispute.
Disney says YouTube TV is not paying enough to stream its channels. YouTube TV, owned by Google, has the most subscribers of all other internet TV providers, more than 9 million. Hulu, owned by Disney, is second with 4.3 million subscribers through its Hulu + Live TV offering.