As RBR+TVBR reported on Monday, negotiations between The Walt Disney Co. and Google’s YouTube TV broke down late last week, resulting in another retransmission consent impasse and a “Blackout” to the virtual MVPDs customers of every ABC Owned Station and ABC network affiliate — as well as every Disney-owned cable channel.
For the EVP of Public Affairs at the NAB, the carriage fee feud comes “thanks to Big Tech’s heavy hand in deciding what viewers can and cannot watch.”
