Packers fans turn to alternatives as YouTube TV dispute blocks Monday Night Football

MILWAUKEE — YouTube TV subscribers were left scrambling to find alternative ways to watch Monday Night Football as the Green Bay Packers took on the Philadelphia Eagles, all due to an ongoing dispute between Google and Disney. The blackout affected viewers like Gaurav, a sophomore at UW-Milwaukee, who discovered he couldn’t watch his favorite team just hours before kickoff. Watch: Packers fans stymied by YouTube/Disney dispute: Packers fans turn to alternatives as YouTube TV dispute blocks MNF “I actually did not know, I was planning on watching it on YouTube TV,” Gaurav said. Mike Beiermeister Gaurav is a big Packers fan and a YouTube TV subscriber The dispute between Google, which owns YouTube TV, and Disney, which owns ABC and ESPN, started last month. The two companies have yet to reach an agreement, making this the second Monday Night Football matchup not shown on the streaming platform. We took the conversation to the TMJ4 Facebook page to see how fans were planning to watch the game, and received an overwhelming response. Several people like Theresa, Don, Becky and Jess opted for the good old antenna to catch the games. Others like Jackie, Patti, and Bobbie were trying out other streaming
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