Forget the streaming wars. How about the carriage wars? In the past year, YouTube has had heated negotiations with a number of entertainment companies, from NBCUniversal to Paramount to Univision, as it’s re-situated itself as a major streaming and pay-TV competitor . Now YouTube TV and the Walt Disney Company find themselves at a standstill as they go over renewal talks for Disney cable channels on the live-television streamer. The deal expires tonight, and if you’re a YouTube TV subscriber, you’re probably wondering what happens next.

What exactly is going on between YouTube and Disney?

Disney provides its cable channels to YouTube TV, but the two are having trouble renewing their carriage contract. YouTube has been butting heads with Disney over pricing. The Wall Street Journal

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