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The stand-off between the distributor with 10 million subscribers and the content company controlling premium sports TV rights continues.
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Now, it threatens to leak into the professional game, too. The Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals are slated to joust under ESPN's "Monday Night Football" banner tonight. At present, YouTube TV users will be unable to watch on as the festivities unfold.
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Well, fans can subscribe to ESPN+, the network's new streaming service, to watch the game and any other ESPN programming of their choice. Fans can also subscribe to another digital television carrier like Fubo or Sling or subscribe to another cable provider for the meantime that carries Disney channels.
Millions of fans will not be able to watch tonight’s Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals on YouTube TV unless the impasse is resolved before kickoff. Here’s the state of play (off the field): Google-owned YouTube TV is the nation’s fourth-largest TV distributor with 10 million subscribers.
Disney's television channels on Google's YouTube TV. “Despite the impasse that led to the current blackout, we have asked YouTube TV to restore ABC for Election Day so subscribers have access to the information they rely on,