On Thursday, October 31, 2025, Disney’s network went dark on Google’s Play TV platform and YouTube TV.As reported by Reuters, the company released a statement saying Disney

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.

YouTube TV subscribers lost access to Disney-owned channels, including ESPN and ABC, due to failed contract negotiations causing a blackout.

ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney (DIS), continue to see the impact of ABC’s decision to suspend late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. A report from Antenna Research Associations shows about 7 million subscribers cancelled their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions after ABC put Kimmel on the shelf

A subscriber report from Antenna on Monday revealed that the Disney-owned streaming services, Disney+ and Hulu, lost twice as many subscribers in September.

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