It looks like NBC and YouTube TV won’t reach a deal before the deadline. According to John Ourand of Puck (via Pro Football Talk), the two are “still far apart” from an agreement. Ourand said that YouTube TV wants to “ingest” Comcast’s Peacock programming as part of the new deal. Rich Greenfield of LightShed noted […]
It looks like NBC and YouTube TV won’t reach a deal before the deadline. According to John Ourand of Puck (via Pro Football Talk), the two are “still far apart” from an agreement. Ourand said that YouTube TV wants to “ingest” Comcast’s Peacock programming as part of the new deal.
Rich Greenfield of LightShed noted that YouTube TV pays more than $10 per subscriber per month for the NBCUniversal channels, and YouTube TV “sees Peacock run promos for $25/year.” The current agreement expires on Oct. 1. If NBC channels leave, customers won’t have access to the NFL’s Sunday Night Football and college football games that air on NBC.
YouTube TV will offer a $10 refund for customers if NBC channels leave the platform. If a deal is not reached before the deadline, it’s likely that an agreement will happen shortly after.
This report comes nearly a month after YouTube TV and Fox agreed to a deal to end their carriage dispute. This happened right before the start of the college football and NFL seasons.
“We’re happy to share that we’ve reached a deal with Fox to keep their content on YouTube TV,” YouTube TV’s statement read at the time. “This means that Fox channels, including the Fox Broadcast Network, Fox News, and Fox Sports, remain available, and football fans will not miss any of the action this weekend.”
NBC warns its channels could leave YouTube TV
College football fans who have could miss Notre Dame taking on Boise State (Oct. 4), USC (Oct. 18), Navy (Nov. 8), and Syracuse (Nov. 22). NBC is also set to air a Big Ten game on Nov. 29, when Indiana takes on Purdue.
For the NFL, subscribers will miss the Sunday Night Football games from Week 5 through Week 17. Some of the games NBC will air are Steelers vs. Chargers (Nov. 19), Lions vs. Eagles (Nov. 16), and Broncos vs. Commanders (Nov. 30).
Last week, NBC warned that its channels could be leaving the platform. “Google, with its $3 trillion market cap, already controls what Americans see online through search and ads — now it wants to control what we watch,” NBC said in a statement, via Eric Fisher of FrontOfficeSports.com. “YouTube TV has refused the best rates and terms in the market, demanding preferential treatment and seeking an unfair advantage over competitors to dominate the video marketplace — all under the false pretense of fighting for the consumer.”
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