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Disney CEO BOB IGBIGER said the company is “working tirelessly” to close the deal with YouTube TV to minimize disruption to subscribers.
“We are trying very hard, as I said, I am working tirelessly, to close this, and we hope that we will be able to do it at the right time to access its content,” said Iger on the company’s earnings on Thursday.
Echoing the company’s previous comments, Iger told investors that the Disney deal is equal to or better than what other major distributors have agreed to. The chief executive said that the important thing is that Disney is willing to show the value that it offers, “which both, and the alphabet, is much greater than the value of the other provider.”
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Disney channels go dark on YouTube TV as contract talks fail
The comments came not long after Morgan Stanley analysts pointed out that Disney’s ongoing rally controversy with YouTube TV It costs tens of entertainment bodies tens of millions of dollars a week. Analysts saw that 14 consecutive days of YouTube TV BlackOut would create a head of income of $ 60 million for the house of the mouse. That amounts to about $30 million a week, or about $4.3 million a day, in lost revenue due to the conflict.
Walt Disney Company Company Bob Iger looks on before the game during the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on November 10, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Michael Ressees / Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Disney programming, including ESPN, ABC and FX channels, was pulled from Google YouTube TV platform After the companies failed to discuss the terms of the contract by the deadline of Oct. 30. One of the issues at the center of the spat was Disney money you want from YouTube TV to carry its channels.
A general view of Walt Disney Studios and the Walt Disney Company headquarters on December 13, 2023 in Burbank, California. (Aaronp Images / Bauer-Griffin / GC Images / GETTY Images)
As the program was pulled, YouTube stated that it has been providing “fair pricing” and that the company will not agree to terms that it believes are false to its members. It also said Disney’s move to freeze its content on the platform “directly harms subscribers while helping its live TV products, including Live TV+.”
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Meanwhile, a Disney spokesperson has blamed YouTube TV, previously telling FOX Business that “YouTube TV has chosen to reject the majority of content that refuses to pay the prices of our channels, including ESPN and ABC.” Disney said this includes “a line-up of live sports – featuring the NFL, NBA, and College Football, with 13 of the top 25 teams playing this weekend.”
Sign Google logos and Google owned YouTube video streaming at FOGOFLPE, Silicon Valley Headquarters of Search Engine and Technology Company Google Inc in Mountain View, California, 2018. (Smith Collection / GADO / GETTY Images / Getty Images)
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“With a market cap of $3 trillion, Google is using its Market Recovery To eliminate competition and put under the common names of the industry that we have successfully negotiated with every forwarder, “says the spokesperson of this department.” We know this is for YouTube TV subscribers and are committed to working with a resolution as soon as possible. “
The Spanish Network Univision has similar discussions with YouTube.
Disney shares fell nearly 8% on Thursday.
