AI-assisted summary

A contract dispute between Disney and Google led to YouTube TV dropping ESPN and other Disney-owned channels.

The conflict highlights a larger power struggle between traditional media companies and tech giants over sports broadcasting rights.

Approximately 10 million YouTube TV subscribers are affected by the channel blackout.

The standoff between ESPN – corporate overlord Disney – and YouTube TV – corporate overlord Google – has little to do with subscriber counts. Or viewership numbers. Or money, even. (It’s always about money, of course, but let’s zoom out for a moment.)

Those data points and cash flows are all minor components of the situation the companies find themselves in, which began Oct. 30 when YouTube announced it would stop airing Disney-owned stati

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