It's Day 7 of the blackout of ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks on YouTube TV - and the patience of the internet TV service's subscribers is wearing thin. Disney's nets went dark on YouTube TV service just before midnight ET on Thursday,

YouTube TV subscribers hoped that the dispute between Google and Disney would conclude before Monday (Nov. 3). However, it appears the ongoing issue resulted in subscribers missin

As Google and Disney continue duking it out, their customers have lost some access to content they thought was permanent: DVR files and digital movie purchases. A perk of subscribing to YouTube TV, per Google’s marketing,

Nearly 25% of YouTube TV subscribers have already canceled or are considering canceling the service because it "no longer delivers the core content they signed up for" due to the Google-owned platform's carriage dispute with Disney,

If you thought the contract dispute that pulled 21 Disney-owned channels (including ESPN and ABC) from YouTube TV last week was bad, the news is getting even worse. The tense battle between the two companies has escalated further,

The current mess battle between YouTube TV and the Walt Disney Co. provides an opportunity to rethink having paid live television.

As the NCAA football season heats up and college basketball begins, this weekend could be the second in a row that YouTube TV viewers are shut out of the biggest games. The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels.

Streaming viewers are caught in the middle of a contract battle that will feel very familiar to anyone who remembers linear TV.