Disney Agrees to Pay $50 Million Class Action Settlement Over Subscription Packages

The Walt Disney Company has agreed to pay a $50 million class action settlement with YouTube TV and DirecTV subscribers. The lawsuit, filed in 2023, claimed Disney inflated streaming costs by requiring that streaming platforms include ESPN. Disney Class Action Settlement The plaintiffs allege Disney’s carriage agreements forcing ESPN to be included in streaming bundles drove up subscription prices and were anti-competitive. The proposed settlement classes include customers who purchased a YouTube TV or DirectTV streaming live pay TV subscription from April 1, 2019, through the date of preliminary approval....