"Disney and YouTube are nearly a week into a dispute about how much the media giant's networks are worth. The Mouse House says the Google-owned TV service isn't properly valuing its channels, while YouTube blames Disney for pushing rates it warns will lead to further price hikes. Though carriage fights like this usually get resolved quickly, since they're costly for both sides and frustrating for customers, history shows they can last for weeks - and, in rare cases, even years."
"The longest blackout in modern TV history was a war between HBO and Dish that kept the premium cable channel sidelined for nearly three years, from November 2018 until July 2021. "If it's a month long, certainly, that's a bigger deal," said Alan Wolk, the cofounder of media research firm TVREV. He thinks there's a chance that this Disney-YouTube TV staring contest could last weeks."
"This is the third consecutive year that Disney's networks have been off the air for an extended period on a major provider. Previously, the company's channels were blacked out for nearly two weeks, in a 11-day dispute with Charter in 2023 and a 13-day standoff with DirecTV in 2024. It also had a blackout with Dish Network in 2022 that lasted just a few days."
Disney and YouTube are in a pricing dispute that has removed Disney channels, including ESPN, from YouTube TV for nearly a week. Disney says YouTube TV undervalues its networks; YouTube says Disney is pushing rates that will raise subscriber prices. Carriage disputes usually end quickly but can last weeks or longer. The longest recent blackout kept HBO off Dish for nearly three years, from November 2018 to July 2021. Disney's networks faced extended blackouts with Charter (11 days in 2023), DirecTV (13 days in 2024), and a brief Dish blackout in 2022. YouTube TV recently used short-term extensions with Fox and NBCUniversal.
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