NBCU Blames YouTube TV on Blackout Threat

September 29, 2021 |Streaming Media

NBCUniversal "is seeking fair rates from Google for YouTube TV’s continued carriage" but Google "is refusing to make a deal at these fair rates and is willing to withhold entertainment, news and sports programming from their paying customers," the programmer emailed us Monday. YouTube TV is warning of a possible blackout of NBCU content when the current contract expires Thursday (see 2109270053).