Fox And YouTube TV Set Short-Term Extension
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Google and Fox agreed to a "short-term extension" to keep the channel on YouTube TV until a new contract can be drafted.
The two companies faced a 2 p.m. deadline to reach a new contract to avoid a blackout of Fox-owned channels. The two sides have been haggling over Fox's programming fee terms.
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YouTube TV subscribers may lose access to Fox content, including sports, due to contract dispute
Fox channels could soon be pulled from YouTube TV if the two sides don't ink a new content use deal Wednesday, potentially leaving subscribers of the Google-owned streamer without Week 1 of some college football games and other content.
YouTube inked a deal to launch Herring Networks' One America News (OAN) on YouTube TV in the fourth quarter of 2025. The news comes just hours before YouTube TV's current agreement with Fox Corp. to carry Fox News and other networks is set to expire.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr said Aug. 26 that Fox's removal from YouTube TV would be "terrible." A YouTube account fired back.