YouTube TV’s blackout of ESPN and other Disney-owned channels is costing them more than $4 million a day in revenue, according to a new estimate.

Unfortunately, we are headed into another sports-packed weekend without a deal in place,” Disney executives wrote in a memo on Friday.

The current battle over carrier pricing between Disney and YouTube TV has now blacked out two weekends of college football plus two episodes of Monday Night Football – which are

Disney's carriage fight with Google's YouTube TV is beginning to create some issues for some of the company's most popular media properties. "NBC Nightly News" was able to claim victory over ABC's ‘World News Tonight" last week among viewers between 25 and 54 - the demographic most coveted by advertisers.

Disney shares plunged 8% in early trading Thursday after the company reported disappointing revenue and warned of a prolonged distribution fight with YouTube TV. Why it matters: Disney+ and Hulu's continued growth was overshadowed by a streaming-era carriage disagreement and declines in the legacy TV business.