The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay a $50 million class action settlement with YouTube TV and DirecTV subscribers. The lawsuit, filed in 2023, claimed Disney inflated streaming costs by requiring that streaming platforms include ESPN.
Disney Class Action Settlement
The plaintiffs allege Disney’s carriage agreements forcing ESPN to be included in streaming bundles drove up subscription prices and were anti-competitive.
The proposed settlement classes include customers who purchased a YouTube TV or DirectTV streaming live pay TV subscription from April 1, 2019, through the date of preliminary approval.
The agreement also requires Disney to consider subscription package proposals that include fewer Disney networks, potentially excluding ESPN.
The lawsuit previously included FuboTV subscribers but this class was separated.
The court must still approve the settlement.
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