YouTube and Disney reach a deal to restore ESPN
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Despite losses worth millions of dollars, Disney and YouTube continue to squabble over pricing with no end in sight.
An NFL insider is calling on Disney and Google to quickly reach a deal after their contract dispute. The disagreement left millions unable to watch college and NFL games this past weekend on YouTube TV.
Former NFL quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning hosted Disney CEO Bob Iger on “ManningCast” during Monday's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers.
"So Disney CEO Bob Iger did an interview DURING Monday Night Football and wasn’t asked by either Manning brother about the YouTube shutdown. Yikes. Disney/ESPN PR is a total dumpster fire. ESPN has Bud Light’d its brand," Outkick founder Clay Travis wrote on X.
Disney and YouTube TV are in a protracted fight over carriage fees, and all of the Disney-owned channels have been pulled from the latter. That includes ABC and ESPN. But the good news is that the vast majority of the NFL's weekly games are broadcast on network television.
Mouse ears are parachuting into Epic Game’s “Fortnite” in a limited-time experience — the first Disney theme park collaboration with the popular game. The new Disneyland Game Rush island in “Fortnite” comes under Disney's $1.