The price of the content will revert to $64.99 per month, but all impacted members will still receive a one-time $15 discount.
"We appreciate Google’s collaboration
to reach fair terms that are consistent with the market, and we’re thrilled
that our robust lineup of live sports and news plus kids, family and general
entertainment programming is in the process of being restored to YouTube TV
subscribers across the country," Disney said in a statement.
All Disney recordings previously in your YouTube
TV library will be restored, and your local ABC station will be available once
again.
YouTube TV wrote to users that for any
subscribers who were impacted and have initiated the cancellation process, the
company will still honor the one-time $15 credit on your bill if you resume
your membership before you lose access. If you go to tv.youtube.com/membership
and click "Add," you return the Base Plan to your membership.
You will still see a $64.99 price upon
re-activating your membership, but a one-time discount will be reflected in
your next bill.
The two companies were negotiating a new
contract throughout last week and Disney had told USA TODAY it was
"optimistic" a deal could be reached. The split came right as the
college football bowl season was heating up with many games scheduled to be
broadcast on ABC, ESPN and ESPN 2.
During that time, the service lowered its
monthly price by $15, from $64.99 to $49.99, while the Disney channels were off
the platform. The complete list of channels removed from YouTube included
Disney Channel, National Geographic, and the SEC Network.
In a short amount of time, the two
streaming behemoths resolved their differences, but consumers still expressed
their frustration on Twitter.
"The damage was done and is
irreversible. I can’t trust YouTube TV to get anything done in a timely manner
to avoid disruptions," said Twitter user Brian Prescott.
Other users point out that it's normal for
disruptions to occur when companies are renegotiating contracts.
"These disputes happen with every
provider," said Twitter user Whitney Lucas. "It’s going to keep
happening as these channels/content providers want to charge a whole lot more
money every time their contracts expire."