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More than two weeks after having its channels go dark on the streaming TV service, Disney has resolved its big, expensive carriage fight with Google’s YouTube TV. Driven by the only pressure that actually seems to get anything done in American life—the fear that a percentage of the population might be asked to go without college and Monday Night Football for a desperate handful of days—the two giants have come to an agreement on how much YouTube will pay to offer Disney’s various channels to its ever-growing number of subscribers.
In the last several years, YouTube has become an increasingly formidable competitor to streaming services and entertainment studios, providing videos from amateur and professional creators, as well as livestreaming major events and NFL games. Now its ...
Pixar is about to enter (another) sequel era. Earlier this week, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced during Disney's annual shareholder meeting that Coco 2 is currently in development at Pixar Animation Studios. This news comes eight years after the original ...
The Disney CFO said on CNBC Thursday morning that his company, in the midst of a carriage battle with YouTube TV, is “ready to go as long as they want to.” Ding, ding.
Due to stalled negotiations over fees, the 10 million subscribers to YouTube TV have not been able to access Disney-owned channels, including ABC and ESPN, since Oct. 30. The primary issue is a disagreement with Google,