Sources: No short-term deal coming between ESPN-YouTube ahead of ‘MNF’

Sources tell SBJ that ESPN and YouTube TV remain far apart on pricing with “Monday Night Football” set to kick off. getty images A short-term extension between Disney and Google that would have “Monday Night Football” available on YouTube TV on ESPN/ABC is not going to happen, sources tell Sports Business Journal. Disney earlier Monday pitched a Tuesday ceasefire, but that was just for tomorrow’s election news — and an offer than Google reportedly rejected. Expect the loss of around 10 million U.S. TV homes to impact the audience number for Cardinals-Cowboys on Monday night. Should this kerfuffle carry on for an extended period, the impasse could even impact the next Cowboys “MNF” game Nov. 17. The sides remain far apart on price, sources added, and that remains a key issue in the protracted standoff. Google continues to want its pricing to be closer to what Charter/Spectrum and Comcast, leaders in the space, pay. However, YouTube TV is not quite at the subscriber levels of those two companies yet. Once fans woke up Saturday morning to no settlement or extension, things got real, and ESPN took action with one of its hottest properties, “College GameDay.” The company said the show
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