The standoff in carriage negotiations between YouTube TV and Disney has reached two weeks. At the end of the day on Oct. 30, the previous deal between YouTube TV's parent company, Google, and Disney, which owns ABC and all ESPN-affiliated channels, expired, leaving all of Disney's catalog off the streaming service.

Disney and Google have been locked in a standoff since Oct. 30, leaving YouTube TV customers without Disney's slate of networks like ABC and ESPN.

Disney has its quarterly earnings scheduled for Thursday, which could be a potential impetus for a deal to be completed.

As the impasse continues, YouTube TV subscribers have been offered a welcome boost from another network willing to fill the void left by ESPN’s absence.

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