{"id":118704,"date":"2026-05-04T21:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/youtube-tv-strikes-deal-prevents-disney-style-blackout-for-these-channels\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:18:50","slug":"youtube-tv-strikes-deal-prevents-disney-style-blackout-for-these-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/youtube-tv-strikes-deal-prevents-disney-style-blackout-for-these-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube TV strikes deal, prevents Disney-style blackout for these channels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-content-wrapper=\"true\">\n<div class=\"e_f\">\n<div class=\"e_Jt\" style=\"max-width:2560px\"><picture class=\"e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;aspect-ratio:2560 \/ 1440\"><source sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-scaled.jpg.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-64w-36h.jpg.webp 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-1000w-563h.jpg.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-1920w-1080h.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-1536w-864h.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-675w-380h.jpg.webp 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-300w-170h.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-1280w-720h.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/youtube-tv-smart-tv-app-logo-2-840w-472h.jpg.webp 840w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"e_Ov e_Kt\">\n<p>Joe Maring\/Android Authority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\" class=\"e_Ui e_e e_L\">\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>YouTube TV and Allen Media Group have renewed their carriage deal.<\/li>\n<li>The deal will keep The Weather Channel and other AMG networks on the service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>YouTube TV has been going through several high-profile carriage controversies recently. The most notable result of which was <span style=\"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px\">Blackout of Disney-owned channels last year<\/span>. Moving ahead of another potential controversy, YouTube TV has now reached a deal with Elon Media Group (AMG) to put several networks on the platform.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_pk e_ok\" data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t want to miss the best of <em>Android Authority<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_em\"><picture class=\"e_im e_jm e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Lite@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><picture class=\"e_im e_Jg\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;aspect-ratio:676 \/ 213\"><source sizes=\"9.375rem\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png.webp 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png.webp 64w\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><img class=\"e_Kg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"Google Preferred Source Badge Dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/weather-channel-youtube-tv-allen-media-group-renewal-1236584782\/\"><em>hollywood reporter<\/em><\/a>    YouTube TV and AMG have reportedly renewed their carriage deal. As a result, users won&#8217;t have to suffer prolonged blackouts as they did last year when the YouTube TV and Disney deal expired. If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with AMG, it owns The Weather Channel, Comedy.TV, Justice Central, Recipe.TV, Automotive.TV, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e_e e_L\">\n<p>In response to the deal, CEO Byron Allen had this to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to expand our partnership with Google by providing our weather, news, comedy, courts and lifestyle networks to YouTube TV&#8217;s millions of subscribers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Emily Washkowitz, YouTube&#8217;s head of TV and film partnerships, also shared a comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We are pleased to continue our relationship with Allen Media Group. Our goal is to provide a consistent and diverse lineup for our customers, and this renewed agreement helps us maintain that commitment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div data-container-type=\"content\">\n<div class=\"e_Cc e_L\">\n<p>Thank you for being a part of our community. Please read our comment policy before posting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Maring\/Android Authority TL;DR YouTube TV and Allen Media Group have renewed their carriage deal. The deal will keep The Weather Channel and other AMG networks on the service. YouTube TV has been going through several high-profile carriage controversies recently. The most notable result of which was Blackout of Disney-owned channels last year. Moving ahead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[3299,13296,1570,28355,23835,529,2963],"class_list":{"0":"post-118704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-devotionals","8":"tag-blackout","9":"tag-channels","10":"tag-deal","11":"tag-disneystyle","12":"tag-prevents","13":"tag-strikes","14":"tag-youtube"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118751,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118704\/revisions\/118751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}