YouTube’s revenue last year was estimated to be $54.2 billion, making it the second-largest media company behind Walt Disney Co., according to research firm MoffettNathanson.

YouTube has fired back at Disney, opposing Disney’s lawsuit attempting to block the video giant’s hiring of Justin Connolly, a former high-level media distribution exec for the Mouse House.

YouTube TV failed to reach an agreement with Disney networks, which include ESPN and ABC, losing rights to live stream these channels.

In April, Nielsen estimated, kids 2 to 11 watched three times as much YouTube as Disney+ content. Meanwhile, Disney said in 2022 that over 60% of Disney+ subscribers were adults without kids at home.

Disney first learned that YouTube had made Connolly an offer last month, according to the lawsuit. Connolly informed his managers at Disney that he was leaving the company for another role, but ...

YouTube also noted that if the two companies can’t reach an agreement, “you can consider signing up for their own service, the Disney Bundle, which they offer for $13.99/month,” and includes ...

All Disney recordings previously in your YouTube TV library will be restored, and your local ABC station will be available once again. YouTube TV wrote to users that for any subscribers who were ...

In penning the deal, Disney Interactive hopes to capitalize on YouTube's massive user base of over 800 million monthly viewers by bringing some of those eyeballs to the company's own web site ...

The venture will see Disney Interactive Media and YouTube, a Google owned company, spending a combined $10 million to $15 million on an original video series, reports the New York Times.

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. As YouTube prepares to air an exclusive NFL opening week game for free on September 5th, it’s hiring former Disney exec Justin Connolly.