Roku warns customers contract negotiations with YouTube have failed
https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/roku-warns-customers-contract-negotiations-with-youtube-have-failed/
Roku shared a progress update today on its ongoing contract dispute with Google related to its attempt to renew the carriage agreement for YouTube TV, Google’s live TV streaming service. In April, Roku removed the YouTube TV app from its channel store so it was no longer available to new Roku subscribers, but took steps to ensure that existing subscribers could continue to use the service. Today, Roku says it has still not been able to come to a deal with Google, and warns customers that Google could choose to remove YouTube TV from the Roku platform.
YouTube, however, says the breakdown of the negotiations doesn’t mean YouTube TV’s existing customers on Roku will be impacted.