The dispute ended with an agreement.
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Almost as soon as the battle began, it was over. The two have struck a deal that will allow Disney channels to be watched on the service. You may already be able to see recordings of Disney-owned channels when local ABC stations come back on December 19th.
The base subscription rate is returning to $65 per month, but YouTube TV promised that "all impacted members" would still receive a one-off discount. The service said more details would be coming through email.
The Disney channels went off the air on December 18th after the media giant and YouTube TV failed to reach an agreement on channel carriage fees. Each side blamed the other in this case. Disney claimed that YouTube TV refused to reach a fair deal, while YouTube maintained that it was advocating on half of viewers.
This isn't the only dispute over carriage deals. NBCUniversal and Sinclair have been involved in blows with the service. The Disney fight may have been the most important. Disney could easily have lured some of its customers to its similar service, if it had offered it. It's possible that the cost of increased costs were less painful than the loss of viewers.
We're happy to announce that we've reached a deal with Disney and have already started to restore access to channels that were previously in your Library. Your local ABC station will be on all day.
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December 19, 2021.
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