{"id":237156,"date":"2026-06-24T20:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/disney-agreed-to-50m-settlement-over-claims-it-made-live-tv-streaming-expensive\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:22:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:22:58","slug":"disney-agreed-to-50m-settlement-over-claims-it-made-live-tv-streaming-expensive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/disney-agreed-to-50m-settlement-over-claims-it-made-live-tv-streaming-expensive\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney agreed to $50M settlement over claims it made live-TV streaming expensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay $50 million to subscribers of YouTube TV and DirecTV\u2019s live TV streaming services to settle a lawsuit that claimed that Disney forced these services to raise their prices.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2022, four YouTube TV subscribers filed a class action complaint <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Biddle_et_al_Disney_complaint.pdf\">(PDF) <\/a>against Disney in the US District Court for the Northern District of California. 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