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YouTube TV, ESPN, and Disney: the latest on the blackout that’s now over

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$7.3 million a day.

That’s how much Disney says ESPN and its sports business lost in income during the 15-day YouTube TV blackout late last year, totalling $110 million. That’s almost double the daily hit analysts had estimated at the time, and it’s just for sports, not counting any hit to ABC or Disney’s entertainment channels.

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