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Google and Disney have been in a contract dispute since October 30 that has resulted in YouTube TV subscribers losing access to 21 Disney-owned TV channels<\/a>, including ABC, ESPN, and The Disney Channel.<\/p>\n

In addition to reducing access to popular live content, the corporate conflict is highlighting another frustration in the streaming era. As Google and Disney continue duking it out, their customers have lost some access to content they thought was permanent: DVR files and digital movie purchases.<\/p>\n

A perk of subscribing to YouTube TV, per Google\u2019s marketing<\/a>, is the ability to \u201crecord it all with unlimited DVR space.\u201d A footnote on the YouTube TV homepage notes that unlimited DVR is subject to \u201cdevice, regional, and Internet restrictions\u201d but overlooks an additional restriction in the form of multi-conglomerate spats.<\/p>\n

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Google and Disney have been in a contract dispute since October 30 that has resulted in YouTube TV subscribers losing access to 21 Disney-owned TV channels, including ABC, ESPN, and The Disney Channel. In addition to reducing access to popular live content, the corporate conflict is highlighting another frustration in the streaming era. 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