YouTube TV subscribers have missed another Monday Night Football game, with no sign at all of when ABC and other Disney channels might be restored to the service.

All of the Disney-owned streaming channels, including ABC, ESPN, the ACC Network and the SEC Networks, were removed from YouTube TV on Oct. 31 and have not returned since.

The disagreement causing the ABC and ESPN outage stems from the «carriage fee» that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels. Disney has faced similar negotiating standoffs with other broadcasters in recent years, including an earlier 2021 outage on YouTube TV that was resolved in two days.

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Disney says YouTube TV is not paying enough to stream its channels. YouTube TV, owned by Google, has the most subscribers among all internet TV providers, with over 9 million. Hulu, owned by Disney, is second with 4.3 million subscribers through its Hulu + Live TV offering.

YouTube TV had promised subscribers a $20 credit for the streaming service if the Disney channels outage continued for an extended period, and on Sunday, the streaming service announced the details of that credit. Read on to learn how you can claim the $20 credit, when the outage might be resolved, and how you can watch ABC, ESPN and other Disney channels in the meantime. 

How do YouTube TV subscribers get the $20 credit?

Some YouTube subscribers will receive the $20 credit automatically and others will need to claim it online. According to a YouTube spokesperson, subscribers who pay with Google Play billing or through their mobile service should receive the $20 credit automatically.

If you need to claim the $20 credit, you should receive an email from YouTube TV this week. After you’ve received your email, follow these steps:

1. Log in to YouTube.com with a web browser
2. Click or tap on your profile picture
3. Click or tap Settings. 
4. You can also directly browse to the URL at https://tv.youtube.com/settings/service_updates.
5. At the bottom of the menu on the left, select Updates.
6. On the following screen, which explains the Disney channels outage, click or tap the blue button marked Claim Credit.

Emails from YouTube TV started going out Sunday night and several Reddit posters have already reported receiving the $20 credit. All of the credits for YouTube TV subscribers should be issued by Wednesday, Nov. 12, according to Variety.

The $20 credit will be applied to your next billing cycle.

We asked YouTube if additional billing credits would be offered to subscribers if the outage continues. A spokesperson replied, «This is a situation that is evolving, and we will let subscribers know of future additional credit offers. Our main priority is to reach an agreement that restores Disney’s content to YouTube TV.»

Which Disney channels were removed from YouTube TV?

Sports fans aren’t the only viewers left sidelined by the loss of Disney channels from YouTube TV. Here are all the channels that have been removed from the streaming service:

• ABC
• ABC News Live
• ACC Network
• Baby TV Español (Spanish Plan)
• Disney Channel
• Disney Junior
• Disney XD
• ESPN
• ESPN Deportes (Spanish Plan)
• ESPNews
• ESPNU
• ESPN2
• Freeform
• FX
• FXM
• FXX
• Localish
• Nat Geo
• Nat Geo Mundo (Spanish Plan)
• Nat Geo Wild
• SEC Network

When could Disney channels return to YouTube TV?

As with previous Disney disputes, negotiations are under wraps. Disney’s contract conflicts from previous years — Sling TV in 2022, Spectrum/Charter in 2023 and DirecTV in 2024 — were mostly resolved in a week or two, but Google has considerably more bargaining power than those other platforms.

According to Variety, if a deal is reached between Disney and YouTube, the missing channels will return «in a matter of hours.»

On Oct. 30, YouTube TV posted on X, «Members, when we renew our contracts with network partners, we advocate for fair pricing to offer you the best TV experience.» 

«Google’s YouTube TV has chosen to deny its subscribers the content they value most by refusing to pay fair rates for our channels, including ESPN and ABC,» Disney said in a statement to CNBC. 

In a memo to employees on Oct. 31 that was also reported by CNBC, Disney accused YouTube TV of deleting «previously recorded shows and events from their subscribers’ libraries.»

«YouTube TV and its owner, Google, are not interested in achieving a fair deal with us,» Disney Entertainment co-chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in the memo. «Instead, they want to use their power and extraordinary resources to eliminate competition and devalue the very content that helped them build their service.»

Disney is also asking its viewers to ask YouTube TV to bring back its broadcasting via the keepmynetworks.com site.

How can YouTube TV subscribers watch football games during the Disney outage?

YouTube TV subscribers with an aerial TV antenna can still watch Monday Night Football and college football games on ABC if they live close enough to receive an over-the-air broadcast signal from a local ABC affiliate. 

Other than that, the only real option for viewers who want to watch all of the college football and basketball games this weekend and Monday Night Football at home is to subscribe to another service that provides ABC and ESPN, including ESPN+, Sling TV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo or DirecTV Stream. 

Sling TV offers a $5 Day Pass that could be a good option for viewers who want to watch one specific game, as well as a $10 Weekend Pass that would give you college football and basketball games for both days.

For those looking to find football games at local establishments, this handy app can help you find places that are showing the games.

Correction, Nov. 5: An earlier version of this story failed to note that Sling TV day and weekend passes can be used to watch local ABC affiliates only in certain markets.

Back in 1995, after a planned partnership with Nintendo didn’t pan out, Sony released its PlayStation, and it didn’t take long for the console to dominate the video game industry. As successful as the PSX was, the PlayStation 2 reached a whole new level of hype that had not been seen before in video games. 

The launch of the PS2 in 2000 was the biggest event to ever happen in video games, all because the PSX’s game library was so impressive. Sony sold more than 160 million PS2s worldwide, with games still being launched on the console 13 years after its release. Some of them are still considered the best games ever made. 

We put together a list of the 25 best Nintendo PS2 games and where you can buy a used copy. Keep in mind, these copies are second-hand, so you are taking a bit of a risk. Prices will also vary, depending on how rare the game is and if it’s unopened. If you don’t want a physical copy of the game, many of these titles are available digitally on the PlayStation Store and can even be played with a PS Plus subscription. 

If you’re looking for a new smartphone, tablet or smartwatch, then you’re probably gravitating toward brands like Samsung, Apple or Google. OnePlus also offers a range of comparable tech products.

Though it’s a lesser-known brand, OnePlus makes some of our favorite Android devices. Additionally, its wares are more affordable than those of many of its competitors. To sweeten its offerings, OnePlus is also slashing up to $200 off select devices with the coupon code EARLYBF as part of its early Black Friday deals.

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Looking for a new Android phone but not sure if this deal is for you? We’ve got a list of the best Android phones so you can compare more options. We’re also staying on top of all holiday shopping events, such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, so you can keep saving.

Why this deal matters

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