YouTube TV and Disney have resolved their licensing dispute, restoring Disney channels back on the platform as part of a multi-year deal.

A week after resolving the ESPN dispute, Disney’s majority stake in Fubo puts it at the center of a new carriage battle.

Walt Disney Co. and YouTube TV reached an agreement to restore channels such as ABC and ESPN to the online video service.

YouTube TV's 10 million customers will regain access to ESPN, ABC and other Disney-owned channels after the two television titans agreed on a new distribution contract.

Subscribers to YouTube TV will soon receive a credit as a dispute with Disney continues to black out several major channels. On Sunday, the largest live TV streaming provider in the U.S. sent a notice to subscribers alerting them of the incoming credit.

Disney may be using the 2025 CMA Awards as a warm-up for 2027. The company has in recent years been snatching up rights to some of TV’s best-known live events, and what it does Wednesday evening during a country-music awards telecast from Nashville could take on even greater importance in the early part of 2027,