When the TV Streaming Wars Came for Us

One recent Saturday, my wife and I awoke to learn that we were casualties of the TV streaming wars. Giant corporations had decided our fate.

Notification came in a bland email from our streaming service, YouTube TV. It informed us that ABC, ESPN, FX, and other Disney-owned programming would shortly disappear from our channel lineup. Indeed, when we turned on the TV to check, all 17 channels were already gone. To salve the wound — a $15 reduction in the monthly bill.