A payment standoff could see Fox-owned channels go dark for YouTube TV’s 8 million subscribers just ahead of the NFL and college football seasons, raising stakes in the $2.5 billion distribution partnership.
The 2024 recap of YouTube on TV revealed sports and children’s programming were the main genres in YouTube TV. Podcasts garnered 400 million hours monthly.
The new number makes YouTube TV the most significant internet pay-TV provider and the fifth-largest TV distributor of any kind in the U.S., behind Comcast, Charter, DirecTV, and Dish Network.