If YouTube TV’s latest carriage dispute isn’t resolved by Thursday, subscribers to the streaming service will have to find another way to watch the most anticipated NFL game in years.
NBC Universal’s deal with YouTube TV expires Thursday. The companies have not been able to come to an agreement on the per-subscriber rates for a new deal, meaning that YouTube TV subscribers could lose the full NBC Universal portfolio, including at least 14 NBCU-owned networks, among them NBC channels and its regional sports networks.
That means subscribers would not have access to Sunday night’s matchup between the Patriots and the Buccaneers on NBC 10 locally, the occasion of Tom Brady’s first game at Gillette Stadium since leaving New England for Tampa Bay in March 2020.