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YouTube TV is finally giving subscribers a credit amid their feud with Disney, but there’s a catch.
Two weeks ago, Disney removed their networks, including ESPN, from YouTube TV amid a dispute over carriage fees.
On Friday, both companies fired shots at each other as the ongoing feud started getting ugly.
“Rather than compete on a level playing field, Google’s YouTube TV has approached these negotiations as if it were the only player in the game,” a memo signed by three high-ranking Disney executives, Disney Entertainment co-chairmen Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, along with ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro.
“Once again, Disney is resorting to their old tactics like leaking documents to the press, negotiating in public through their paid talent and misrepresenting the facts including from the deals they’ve offered and taking credit for our product proposals” said YouTube TV in a statement relesed to the media.”
On Sunday, YouTube TV sent an email to its subscribers offering a $20 credit due to the ongoing blackout with Disney.
Unfortunately, subscribers will have to manually redeem the $20 credit through a link instead of it being automatically funded to the account.
We’ve been working in good faith to negotiate a deal with Disney that pays them fairly for their content and returns their programming to YouTube TV. We know it’s been disappointing to lose Disney content, and we want you to know we deeply appreciate your patience. In light of the disruption, we’re offering our subscribers a $20 credit.
Over the next few days, you will receive a follow-up email with instructions on how to redeem your $20 credit for YouTube TV. Once redeemed, this will be applied to your next bill.
Subcribers weren’t happy with YouTube TV making them jump through hoops to get their credit.
Come on, @YouTubeTV. You can’t just credit my account? I have to go to an email and figure out how to redeem it?
Don’t make customers work for it when this isn’t our fault. #ESPN #YouTube pic.twitter.com/wbdb9SGYJe
— David (@declingenpeel) November 9, 2025
Hey @YouTubeTV, I see what you are doing here. Quit with the BS on forcing your loyal customer to go out their way to “redeem” their credit and instead just freaking credit them. Enough of the BS. pic.twitter.com/i6b8JftE0p
— Crippa (@crippabear) November 9, 2025
According the The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand Disney & YouTube TV are still negotiating, which means may get a resolution sooner than later.