Watch 'Monday Night Football' without YouTube TV
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Disney pulled its channels including ESPN and ABC from YouTube TV after contract negotiations between the companies failed, but some alternative services offering the channels have free trials for viewers.
YouTube TV subscribers may not get access to "Monday Night Football" in Week 9 thanks to a contract dispute with Disney.
If you’re a YouTube TV customer, it means you’ve lost access to ESPN and ABC, among others, just as another big weekend of college football kicks off with a slate that includes Vanderbilt vs. Texas, Miami vs. SMU, Georgia vs. Florida, Notre Dame vs. Boston College, South Carolina vs. Ole Miss, Oklahoma vs. Tennessee, and more.
Whether it's Monday Night Football, NBA games or Dancing with the Stars, here's how you can still watch your favorites.
YouTube TV lost key channels, but college football fans can still watch games free all weekend with this streaming alternative.
Many YouTube TV subscribers are switching to DirecTV Stream after losing over 20 Disney-owned channels. Redditors note that DirecTV Stream offers a larger channel library than YouTube TV, albeit at a slightly higher price.
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YouTube TV just lost Disney and ESPN — here's 3 live TV streaming services to consider instead
Over 10 million YouTube TV subscribers just lost access to all Disney-owned networks, including ESPN and ABC. At midnight on Oct. 30, the distribution deal between Disney, which owns ESPN, ABC and numerous other networks, ended, and at present, there's no deal in place to keep the networks on the nation's most popular live TV streaming service.
Carriage beef between Google and Disney leaves YouTube TV users without access to major sports telecasts this week.
The dispute is between ABC/Disney and YouTube. Cox Media Group and its ABC affiliates, including WFTV, are not part of the negotiations. We do not have a say in where ABC/Disney channels are carried. This dispute only affects YouTube TV subscribers. ABC is available to watch on other providers and over the air via an antenna.
Disney-owned channels including ESPN have been unavailable on YouTube TV amid the companies' contract dispute. Here's the latest.