YouTube TV Loses ESPN, ABC
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Disney networks including ABC and ESPN have gone dark on Google-owned YouTube TV after the two corporate giants couldn't come to terms on a new deal.
Newsweek has rounded up alternative ways you can stream your favorite shows and sports games during the blackout.
Here’s what we know about YouTube losing its Disney-owned TV channels and a list of the channels that are affected.
Disney pulled its channels including ESPN and ABC from YouTube TV after contract negotiations between the companies failed, but some alternative services offering the channels have free trials for viewers.
Subscribers of YouTube TV have lost all content owned by the Disney company as of Friday because of a breakdown in contract negotiations, YouTube said.
AI is "the next frontier" for YouTube, according to CEO Neal Mohan -- and it might result in the video platform's shrinking its employee headcount.
YouTube is rolling out some updates aimed at making visuals look better on its TV apps, including automatic AI video upscaling. To begin with, YouTube plans to upscale videos that were uploaded in under 1080p to an HD resolution. It aims to support 4K upscaling in the future.