ESPN, ABC and other networks have returned to YouTube TV's streaming platform after a licensing dispute that affected millions of subscribers.

An agreement to bring Disney programming back to YouTube TV subscribers after a two-week blackout shows how the center of gravity has shifted from linear television to streaming.

Disney's channels have been blocked from YouTube TV since Oct. 30 as the two companies negotiate a new carriage deal.

Disney and YouTube announced a deal Friday night to end a blackout that removed ABC, ESPN and other channels from the YouTube TV streaming platform.

Disney has its quarterly earnings scheduled for Thursday, which could be a potential impetus for a deal to be completed.

More than two weeks after having its channels go dark on the streaming TV service, Disney has resolved its big, expensive carriage fight with Google’s YouTube TV. Driven by the only pressure that actually seems to get anything done in American life—the fear that a percentage of the population might be asked to go without college and Monday Night Football for a desperate handful of days—the two giants have come to an agreement on how much YouTube will pay to offer Disney’s various channels to its ever-growing number of subscribers.

While Disney stocks dipped after the call, partly in response to the YouTube TV outlook, Iger said that a strong lineup of movies through the rest of 2025 will likely bolster the entertainment division’s income overall and offset any potential future loss from the prolonged fight.

An ongoing dispute between YouTube TV and Disney means millions of YouTube TV subscribers are unable to access Disney programming, including ESPN's college football games and popular ABC shows.