Distribution agreements between media companies such as Disney and digital pay-TV platforms such as YouTube TV can grant pay-TV subscribers access to the media company's full suite of broadcast and cable networks and can make the media company's direct-to-consumer streaming service available to those subscribers at no additional cost.
November 15, 2025
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structural
Describes a common structure that can be included in carriage and distribution deals between content owners and digital pay-TV services.
Distribution deals can include embedding selected live and on-demand programming from a content provider's streaming product into a pay-TV platform's app and placing specific networks into genre-specific channel packages.
November 15, 2025
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process
Common commercial terms available to negotiate in carriage agreements between streaming/content providers and pay-TV platforms.
Content carriage disputes between media companies and digital pay-TV services create opportunities for digital pay-TV services to renegotiate and reshape distribution agreements to better align with the pay-TV services' business objectives.
November 15, 2025
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process
Describes a recurring dynamic in negotiations over channel carriage and streaming rights.
YouTube TV is a subscription-based live television service operated by Google.
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service-definition
Defines the nature and operator of the streaming service.
YouTube TV is a Google-owned live television streaming platform that offers live channels from major broadcast networks such as NBC, CBS, Fox, and PBS.
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temporal
Describes the nature and ownership of a major live TV streaming service.