Youtube Tv’s Disney Blackout Is Ruining My Life (i Can’t Watch ‘jeopardy!’)

YouTube TV’s genitor company, Google, has been locked successful a standoff pinch Disney for astir 2 weeks. The conflict began erstwhile nan 2 companies grounded to scope an statement connected a streaming deal.

This intends that for 12 days and counting, 10 million YouTube TV subscribers for illustration myself person not been capable to entree Disney-owned TV networks for illustration ABC and ESPN, which comprise astir 20 different channels.

Business Insider called sports fans “the large losers” successful this standoff. The New York Times and Engadget are publishing guides to thief viewers tune into must-watch assemblage football games. But nan property has ignored a beleaguered demographic suffering successful soundlessness while their peers footwear up Fubo tests to watch Monday Night Football.

It’s me. I’m beleaguered. I can’t watch “Jeopardy!” because it airs connected ABC.

“Jeopardy!” is simply a longstanding fixture successful my nightly routine. I decorativeness work. I make dinner. I watch “Jeopardy!” So ideate my astonishment successful early November erstwhile I turned connected YouTube TV, only to find that nan astir caller section had not recorded. In fact, months of my “Jeopardy!” recordings had vanished! The horror! Who’s nan existent “Jeopardy!” champion? Has Ken Jennings worn immoderate cool ties lately? I don’t know. Because I can’t watch “Jeopardy!”

YouTube TV and Disney person been locked successful this nationalist conflict for weeks. On October 23, YouTube TV wrote in a statement that it has been “working successful bully faith” to discuss a woody pinch Disney, but that nan institution is “proposing costly economical position that would raise prices connected YouTube TV customers […] while benefitting Disney’s ain unrecorded TV products.” From Disney’s perspective, YouTube TV is “refusing to salary adjacent rates for our channels.”

On Sunday, YouTube TV announced that it would springiness subscribers a $20 credit — which must beryllium manually redeemed — to compensate for astir 2 weeks of a Disney blackout. While I convey nan $3.46 trillion elephantine Google for its generosity, mightiness I constituent retired that successful 2021, erstwhile a akin conflict blacked retired Disney’s channels from YouTube TV for one day, subscribers sewage a $15 credit? (Also, YouTube TV costs almost $20 little per period backmost then.)

According to Morgan Stanley, Disney will suffer an estimated $60 cardinal complete 2 weeks –$4.3 cardinal per time — by not making a woody pinch YouTube TV. But Disney could besides beryllium generating caller income streams pinch nan precocious launched ESPN Unlimited subscription, which gives subscribers entree to each ESPN contented for $30 per month. However, we must statement that ESPN Unlimited crucially does not see “Jeopardy!”, America’s Favorite Quiz Show®.

I could, for illustration galore others, usage this opportunity to scope retired different cord-cutting streamers, possibly those owned by Disney — however, I whitethorn aliases whitethorn not beryllium sharing my YouTube TV relationship pinch 5 different people, leaving maine beautiful locked into a saccharine deal. (Please, YouTube TV, don’t propulsion a Netflix connected me.)

When will this nationalist nightmare end? When will I erstwhile again beryllium capable to knock contestants’ mathematically illogical Daily Double wagers? When will I beryllium reminded that I cognize virtually thing astir opera? The ball’s successful your court, Mr. Mouse.