Walt Disney Co. resolved its carriage dispute with YouTube after the two media companies struck a new distribution deal for several of Disney’s most popular channels. 

Terms were not disclosed, but the contract came 39 hours after YouTube TV blacked out ABC, ESPN and other Disney-owned channels for almost 4 million of its subscribers when negotiations temporarily stalled on a renewal agreement. 

Disney announced the resolution of the logjam Dec. 19.  
 
“We are pleased to announce that after a brief disruption, we have reached a new distribution agreement with Google’s YouTube TV for continued carriage of our portfolio of networks,” the company said in a statement. “We’re thrilled that our robust lineup of live sports and news plus kids, family and general entertainment programming is in the process of being restored to YouTube TV subscribers across the country.”
 
A previous agreement between the two companies expired at 8:59 p.m. Pacific time on Dec. 17, ending YouTube’s authorization to continue carrying 18 of Disney’s channels, which included those above as well as FX, Disney Junior and the National Geographic channel. Disney programming makes up approximately one-fifth of the more than 85 channels YouTube TV offers to its subscribers.
 
In its own statement, YouTube said, “We’re happy to share that we’ve reached an agreement with Disney to return their content to YouTube TV while preserving a $64.99/month price for our members. For members who were impacted and have initiated the cancellation process, we would love to welcome you back.”  
 
Despite the outage's brevity, YouTube also said it would honor the $15 discount offered after it received complaints from subscribers.