Disney asked YouTube to add ABC ahead of Election Day. YouTube TV said in the past two elections, its viewers largely did not watch ABC.

As a result of the drop, Lehman said, YouTube TV subscribers who rely on local ABC stations for “important news, emergency information, entertainment and live sports” have been “in the lurch” and “at the mercy” of Google, which the blog said annually generates revenue totaling “hundreds of BILLIONs [blog’s all caps].”

YouTube TV subscribers may not get access to "Monday Night Football" in Week 9 thanks to a contract dispute with Disney.

ESPN sent a final message to YouTube TV customers before the Arizona Cardinals face off against the Dallas Cowboys.

Original article source: Disney channels go dark on YouTube TV as contract talks fail Disney programming, including ESPN, ABC and FX channels, were pulled from Google’s YouTube TV platform after the companies failed to negotiate contract terms.