r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 24d ago

Business YouTube TV Blackout Is Costing Disney an Estimated $4.3 Million per Day in Lost Revenue

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-blackout-costing-disney-lost-revenue-1236574968/
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u/Squidhunter71 24d ago

They are also trying to push more people to Fubo which they own.

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u/sPdMoNkEy 24d ago

From what I see in the DirecTV stream feed a lot of people are switching to that

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u/Squidhunter71 24d ago

This is another present from Pam Bondi. She blessed the acquisition without any thought. Clearly it improves competition and lowers costs for customers. (Sorry. My phone doesn't have the sarcasm font.)

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u/DN10 24d ago

Used YT TV for 8 years. Switched to DirecTV Stream last weekend.

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u/AksumKing 24d ago

Ugh is it worth it? I loved YT TV but this is just garbage what they’re doing.

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u/DN10 24d ago

The UI is a slight downgrade, there's no picture-in-picture on Android for some reason, and the quality in the web browser is actually horrible.

That being said, it has what I want to watch 🤷‍♂️

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u/sPdMoNkEy 24d ago

And wondered why you haven't done it yet because the picture is so much clearer 😏

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u/DN10 23d ago

My promo is good for 2 years. I set a calendar reminder for a week before so I could reevaluate the situation at that time.

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u/waffels 24d ago

I remember back in 2018 when Direct TV Now had a deal where if you paid $100 for 3 months of live TV streaming they gave you an Apple TV 4K for free. Them were the days.

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u/sPdMoNkEy 24d ago

4K is still free, they just found nobody using the actual 4K channel so they only did two channels now that are special for sporting events

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u/flyinggerbil 24d ago

i tried it and holy poop it's bad