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Disney has its quarterly earnings scheduled for Thursday, which could be a potential impetus for a deal to be completed.
Disney claims to have offered YouTube TV a deal that “would cost less overall than the terms of our recently expired license,” with programming packages “that would provide tremendous flexibility for YouTube TV and greater choice and value for its customers.
Disney is losing an estimated $30 million per week from its networks being pulled off YouTube TV, which works out to nearly $4.3 million per day, according to Morgan Stanley analysts. The figure came in a research note from Morgan Stanley equity analysts Benjamin Swinburne and Thomas Yeh,
Morgan Stanley estimates Disney loses $30 million weekly from YouTube TV blackout affecting ABC and ESPN channels, as the dispute nears the end of its second week.
Disney owned channels, like ABC and ESPN, became unavailable for YouTube TV subscribers at the end of October after both companies failed to come to terms on a new streaming agreement. Almost two weeks later,