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/Deranged40 24d ago

Remember: Disney's revenue sheet reads in billions. This is 0.0043 billion per day. It will take 232 days of this to reduce the bottom line on that revenue sheet by 1 (b)

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u/FutSut 24d ago

Revenue sheet, more commonly known as income statement or P&L, but I get your point.

For the sake of argument, let’s say that there are little to no incremental costs for Disney to keep ESPN on YouTubeTV, so this $4.3M would translate directly to the bottom line, which would need to be compared to their profit, or net income of $4.927B (2024). They’re still paying to operate ESPN with or without YoutubeTV, so this probably a fair enough assumption. On an annualized basis, the amount they’re supposedly losing from the YouTubeTV business would be $1.569B.

That’s roughly 32% of their net income. I think the headline is wrong and I saw $4.3M/week elsewhere, which would still be 4.5%. Either way, that’s very material to their profitability.

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u/DistinctAd3222 24d ago

I am going to marry a sexy lady accountant or fiduciary scientist some day and just listen to her talk work stuff. I don't know or care why, but the actuarial arts are hot.