Carriage beef between Google and Disney leaves YouTube TV users without access to major sports telecasts this week.

YouTube TV and its parent, Google, want to “eliminate competition” and “devalue the very content that helped them build their service,” top Disney executives charged in a memo to employees Friday. Disney Entertainment Co-Chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman joined with ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro in giving workers an update on the blackout of ABC,

The College Football Playoff will open with one first-round game on Dec. 19 and three more on Dec. 20, CFP administrators announced Tuesday. The Friday night game will start at 8 p.m. EST and be televised by ABC and ESPN,

YouTube TV said in a blog post on October 30 that Disney “used the threat of a blackout on YouTube TV as a negotiating tactic to force deal terms that would raise prices on our customers.” Disney’s move to pull its content could benefit its own streaming platforms,