Google requested that Disney restore not only ABC, but also ESPN networks to YouTube TV while the parties continue to negotiate a new deal. It also promised to get channels back on the streaming service “within hours” if Disney agrees.

Cut off from ESPN and ABC, streaming viewers are caught in the middle of a contract battle that will feel very familiar to anyone who remembers linear TV. It’s certainly been a spooky week for the Walt Disney Co.

Google-owned streaming service YouTube TV has rejected an offer by the Walt Disney Company that would have allowed the cable television alternative to offer local ABC stations and affiliates for Election Night coverage on Tuesday.

Around 10 million customers have lost access to ABC, ESPN, FX, National Geographic and other Disney-owned channels.

There are more than 20 channels missing from YouTube TV, which subscribers were accustomed to having at their fingertips. Yes, YouTube TV still offers a wide range of channels, but the absence of Disney options significantly weakens the lineup when compared to the best live TV streaming services.

Altice CEO Dennis Mathew and executive Keith Bowen talk new deals with Google and Disney, and the "hard conversations" with entertainment companies over their cable channels. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor It has been a difficult year for the cable business.

Negotiations between The Walt Disney Co. and Google's YouTube TV could stretch well into November, as a retransmission consent impasse took all of Disney's broadcast network O&Os and ABC affiliated properties off the virtual MVPD — as well as every Disney-owned cable channel.

In what Palm Coast is describing as a “transformative economic development project,” the city will soon be home to a “state-of-the-art” fiber optic cable station, whose first client is none other than tech giant Google. Atlanta-based digital ...