YouTube TV and Fox Agree to Extension, Heading Off Blackout for Now

August 29, 2025 |Media Notes

Google's YouTube said late Wednesday that it reached a short-term extension agreement with Fox, temporarily preventing a blackout of Fox channels on YouTube TV as it "continue[s] to work on a new agreement." The carriage agreement between the companies was set to expire at 5 p.m. Wednesday. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr took to social media this week to pressure Google to come to an agreement with Fox (see 2508270014).