ESPN and YouTube TV are deadlocked in an endless carriage dispute. And while there are many variables that will decide when, where, and how a deal gets done, one potentially forgotten element is ...

An agreement to bring Disney programming back to YouTube TV subscribers after a two-week blackout shows how the center of gravity has shifted from linear television to streaming.

NBCUniversal’s revived sports cable network will light back up on Monday, the company said, with YouTube TV as its initial distribution platform. Comcast’s Xfinity pay-TV system will follow “soon,” ...