In fact, “forty-three percent of Gen Z and millennials surveyed indicate a willingness to pay more for streaming video subscriptions that include access to live sports, although their engagement with live content remains to be seen,” according to the Deloitte Center for Technology, Media & Telecommunications 2025 Digital Media Trends survey.

Disney's channels have been blocked from YouTube TV since Oct. 30 as the two companies negotiate a new carriage deal.

The agreement also includes access to ESPN's new direct-to-consumer service at no additional cost to YouTube TV subscribers, Disney said.

After a lengthy saga that felt unnecessary from the users' standpoint, YouTube and Disney finally inked a new multi-year distribution agreement, putting an end to the roughly two-week-long content blackout that left subscribers without access to ESPN, ABC, and other channels.

Disney-owned channels like ESPN and ABC have been pulled off of YouTube TV since Oct. 30. How long will the dispute last? Here's the latest.

After 14 days, the dispute between YouTube TV and Disney has finally ended. But it won't be the last blackout customers see.

Some YouTube TV subscribers who canceled their subscription during to the Disney blackout are getting a $60 discount to come back

Disney in late October pulled ESPN, ABC and other programming from YouTube TV after the sides failed to reach a distribution deal. The new agreement is a "multi-year" deal, Disney said.

After a lot of public drama, YouTube TV and Disney solved their licensing dispute and signed a multi-year distribution agreement. This paved the way for all channels on the Disney network, including ESPC and ABC, to return to YouTube's live cable TV streaming service. But as it turns out, there's more to the deal between YouTube TV and Disney.