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Comment by daigoba66 | Hacker News Reader

> so they’re dropping the price by $15/month as long as Disney is out

FWIW, I can’t see any traditional cable TV provider doing this. They might even charge an extra fee as a cherry on top.

Not only did they drop the price, but in the email they referred subscribers to the Disney+ package that includes Hulu and ESPN.

That's actually the reason for the price drop: They are giving you money to get Disney+ so you don't just cancel your YouTube TV subscription and go elsewhere.

It's a retention move that they accept a short lack of their cut of the Disney portion in exchange for not losing customers entirely.

It’s not comparable. Disney+ doesn’t include any live content

Exactly. These are the live stations being dropped:

    ABC
    ABC News Live
    Disney Channel
    Disney Junior
    Disney XD
    ESPN
    ESPN2
    ESPNU
    ESPNEWS
    Freeform
    FX
    FXX
    FXM
    National Geographic
    National Geographic Wild
    SEC Network

Of those, the Disney bundle would only cover the sports channels on ESPN+ (I'm assuming it has all the cames broadcast on the channels.)

Edit: according to other comments ESPN+ doesn't even cover all the sports on the ESPN2 and ESPN3 channels.

Doesn't D+ include all of the shows from all of those networks except for FX and ABC?

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