NBCUNIVERSAL warns of YouTube TV subscribers to possible
NBCuniversal warns of YouTube television that its programming may soon be in the paid TV service due to the latest industry classification on transportation and conditions.
The battle coincides with a separate confrontation with Televisaunivision. The current companies’ agreements with YouTube TV will end next Tuesday, September 30. If the two companies are in Oman, this means that both broadcasting networks of Spanish origin, univision and Telemundo owned by NBCU will not be available to YouTube, which is about 10 million in the United States.
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SPORTS is a flash point in NBCU-Youtube conversations, which precedes the main transfer with Disney before the deadline late October. This aspect of the conflict will be seen closely throughout the industry, which embraced the broadcast but in a useless user experience on sports viewers.
In negotiations so far, YouTube TV suggested that the programming be integrated exclusively on Peacock (football in the Premier League, for example) at the main USBE TV interface for users instead of forcing customers to go out and withdraw peacocks. Although this application setting this application is exhausting, it allows NBCU and other broadcast operators full control.
YouTube has offered NBCU compensation for integration, but not yet on an acceptable level of the media company. While Peacock has left some competitors, holding a score of 41 million subscribers in the quarter of April to June, it is flat with the previous quarter, it has registered great with viewers and advertisers with events such as the Paris 2024 Olympics. Its total sporting list has gained, especially the addition of the American Professional League rights in a long -term deal that kicks off next month.
In a statement submitted to the deadline, a NBCU spokesman pointed to the 3 trillion dollar evaluation of Google on YouTube. The technology giant “already controls what Americans see online through search and advertisements – now he wants to control what we are watching. YouTube TV has rejected the best prices and conditions in the market, calls for preferential treatment and searching for an unfair advantage over competitors to control the video market – all under false allegations of fighting for the consumer.”
YouTube spokesman said in a statement to the deadline that NBCU “” asking us to pay more than they receive for consumers on the same content on the peacock, which means less flexible and high prices for subscribers. “
In response to a question about the idea of attracting more programming to YouTube TV from external applications, especially in sports, YouTube spokesman answered, “We are all about choosing the user and finding simpler ways for consumers to reach the content they love. This flexibility is to win the two sides: it is better for consumers, and it offers more job opportunities for us and our partners.”