YouTube reaches agreement with Fox to prevent disruption

Alphabet-ownedYouTubeandFoxsaid on Thursday they have reached anagreementthat will keepFoxNews,FoxSports and otherFoxchannels available toYouTubeTV subscribers.

The companies did not disclose the financial terms of theagreement.

Earlierthis weekYouTubehad been in negotiations withFox,with themedia company asking for payments above those received by partners providing comparable content.

On Wednesday,YouTubesaid itreacheda short-termagreementwithFoxthat would buy time for the parties to reach a new distributionagreement.

In February,YouTubeTV reached a deal with media giant Paramount Global to keep channels like CBS, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon available, after failed negotiations for a new contract had briefly left the future of the streaming partnership in limbo.

The carriage dispute caught the attention of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, who said that the company removingFoxchannels from itsYouTubeTV would be “a terrible outcome”.

“Millions of Americans are relying onYouTubeto resolve this dispute so they can keep watching the news and sports they want—including this week’s Big Game: Texas @ Ohio State,” Carrwroteon Tuesday on the social media platform X. “Get a deal done Google!”