An estimated 10 million YouTube TV subscribers lost access to ESPN, ABC, and other channels owned by Disney on Thursday night after contract-renewal talks collapsed.

Each company publicly blamed the other.

“We continue to urge Disney to work with us constructively to reach a fair agreement,” YouTube said in a statement. In turn, Disney’s statement accused YouTube, which is owned by Google, of “using its market dominance to eliminate competition and undercut the industry-standard terms we’ve successfully negotiated with every other distributor.”

YouTube TV will offer subscribers a $20 credit if Disney’s content stays blacked out for “an extended period,” the company said. ESPN is the No. 1 cable network on YouTube TV among adult viewers ages 18 to 49, according to Nielsen.

YouTube said

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