October 02, 2023
A federal judge in California on Friday allowed parts of a putative class action claiming that Disney's ESPN carriage agreements violate the Sherman Act to proceed, but tossed the plaintiffs' claims for damages, giving them until Oct. 16 to amend and refile.
April 10, 2023
YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers have urged a California federal court in two separate but similar suits to ignore Disney's bids to dismiss claims that the company drove their bills up by forcing expensive ESPN channels onto their services, arguing that by directly owning its own streaming platform, Disney's deals with YouTube TV and DirecTV were illegal horizontal agreements.
January 31, 2023
The Walt Disney Co. fired back at separate proposed antitrust class actions from YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers who claim Disney drove their bills up by forcing ESPN channels onto their services, arguing Tuesday that it is a supplier of channels, not a competitor.
November 21, 2022
YouTube TV subscribers have hit The Walt Disney Co. with a proposed antitrust class action in California federal court, alleging Disney drove up the cost of streaming live pay television by forcing its pricey ESPN sports channel onto YouTube TV and other platforms.