纽约 (CNN) 迪士尼和谷歌周日达成协议,在 YouTube TV 上分发媒体公司的频道。
“我们感谢谷歌 (GOOGL) 的合作以达成与市场一致的公平条款,我们很高兴我们的体育直播和新闻以及儿童、家庭和一般娱乐节目的强大阵容正在恢复到 YouTube全国各地的电视订户,”迪士尼在周日的一份声明中说。
在上周五未能与迪士尼 (DIS) 达成协议后,YouTube TV 在其平台上放弃了 ESPN 和 ABC 等迪士尼拥有的频道。它还将其平台的每月订阅价格降低了 15 美元。
YouTube TV 在一篇在线帖子中表示,它已开始恢复对频道的访问,包括 FX、国家地理、Freeform 以及之前在图书馆中的迪士尼录音。当地的 ABC 电台也将全天重新开放。
YouTube 表示,每月订阅费将恢复到原来的 64.99 美元,但失去迪士尼电台的客户将获得 15 美元的一次性折扣。
两家公司之间的谈判已经进行了几个月。交易于周五到期,即大学橄榄球碗赛季的第一天。许多订阅者和 ESPN 观察者在社交媒体上抱怨。体育迷也无法观看周五洛杉矶湖人队对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的比赛。
上周,谷歌表示迪士尼“拒绝根据市场条款和条件与我们公平交易”。本周末,十多个迪士尼拥有的频道从 YouTube TV 上消失了。
YouTube 表示,它要求迪士尼“像对待任何其他电视提供商一样对待它”,该公司在其网站上的一篇在线帖子中写道,“只要我们在迪士尼的频道上向我们提供与类似规模的服务相同的费率带着他们。”
YouTube TV and Disney reach deal
New York (CNN)Disney and Google reached an agreement Sunday to distribute the media company's channels on YouTube TV.
"We appreciate Google's (GOOGL) collaboration to reach fair terms that are consistent with the market, and we're thrilled that our robust lineup of live sports and news plus kids, family and general entertainment programming is in the process of being restored to YouTube TV subscribers across the country," Disney said in a statement Sunday.
After failing to reach a deal with Disney (DIS) on Friday, YouTube TV dropped Disney-owned channels such as ESPN and ABC on its platform. It also lowered the monthly subscription price to its platform by $15.
YouTube TV said in an online post that it has began restoring access to channels, including FX, National Geographic, Freeform, as well as Disney recordings that were previously in the Library. Local ABC stations will also turn back on throughout the day.
YouTube said monthly subscription rates will return to the original $64.99 but customers who lost Disney stations will receive a one-time discount of $15.
Negotiations between the two companies have been going on for months. The deal expired Friday, the first day of college football bowl season. Many subscribers and ESPN watchers complained on social media. Sports fans also lost access to Friday's Los Angeles Lakers versus Minnesota Timberwolves game.
Last week, Google said Disney had "declined to fair deal with us based on market terms and conditions." More than a dozen Disney-owned channels disappeared from YouTube TV this weekend.
YouTube said it asked Disney to treat it "like any other TV provider," the company wrote in an online post on its website, "by offering us the same rates that services of a similar size pay, across Disney's channels for as long as we carry them."