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Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive
The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay $50 million to subscribers of You Tube TV and Direc TV’s live TV streaming services to settle a lawsuit that claimed that Disney forced these services to raise their prices. In November 2022, four You Tube TV subscribers filed a class action complaint (PDF) against Disney in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. They accused Disney of entering “anticompetitive agreements with You Tube TV” and other companies that provide access to broadcast channels via the Internet. The complaint argued that Disney forced over-the-top (OTT) live TV services to cost more by requiring distributors to include ESPN, which Disney owns, with their base packages.Read full article Comments
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