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YouTube TV & Fox:⁣ The Streaming Blackout Battle Begins

One of the more frustrating things about content streaming has been how quickly we went from having a conversation about cord-cutting to ‍the realization that all‍ of the streaming services that enabled said cord-cutting have morphed into the very cable providers that people wanted‌ to escape. You can see this in a variety of ⁤ways.More packaged bundles that include⁢ content people don’t actually want. Stupid local blackouts of ‍content, particularly when it comes to‍ live sports. subscription fees that rapidly shift higher with no value add for the customer. And, of course, carriage disputes.

I could write up an clarification​ as to what these kind ⁢of disputes are, but Karl Bode put it together so beautifully that I’ll ⁣just borrow his words instead.

For years cable TV has been plagued by retrans feuds and carriage disputes that routinely end with users losing access to ⁣TV programming they⁤ pay for. Basically, broadcasters will demand a rate ‌hike in new content ​negotiations, the cable TV provider will balk, and then each side blames the other for failing to strike a new⁢ agreement on time like reasonable adults. that repeatedly results in content being blacked out for ‌months, without consumers ever getting a refund. After a few months,‌ the two sides strike a new confidential‌ deal, your bill goes up, ‍and nobody much cares how that impacts the end user. Rinse, ⁣wash, repeat.

The only thing I’d really want to add to that is ⁢how the blame game that gets played by both sides is typically directed at ​the actual⁤ customer. The goal typically is to at least threaten the‌ other side’s goodwill⁤ with the public by calling them greedy or whatever, or sometimes to get the public to engage in the pressure campaign themselves by calling one side or the other to complain.It’s a rather remarkable thing to watch two wealthy entities use their ‍own customers as pawns ‌in a chess battle with one another over just how much money each side will make from‌ those same pawns.

Well, we’re at it again it truly seems, this time as YouTube‌ TV and the Fox network are at odds over carriage ‌fees.And the timing,on‌ the eve ​of ⁤the ‌NFL season beginning,isn’t ‌lost on anyone.

YouTube TV could soon lose access to⁤ Fox channels, it announced on its