YouTube TV is giving customers a $20 credit for Disney blackout

YouTube TV subscribers unhappy astir going much than a week without ESPN, ABC, and different Disney networks volition beryllium getting a $20 recognition that tin beryllium applied to their adjacent billing statement.

Variety archetypal reported connected the credit, and a YouTube spokesperson confirmed the quality to TechCrunch. The institution says the credits are rolling retired now, with subscribers receiving emailed instructions astir however to use it.

Disney’s channels were pulled from the subscription TV work connected October 31. YouTube says that if it reaches a deal, those channels volition beryllium restored wrong a substance of hours. As with similar disputes, this 1 appears to revolve astir pricing, with YouTube criticizing Disney’s expected terms hike and Disney saying YouTube is “refusing to wage just rates for our channels.”

The subscription TV service’s last quality with Disney was successful 2022, starring YouTube TV to connection customers a $15 recognition aft Disney programming was removed for a day.