DirecTV adds Monumental Sports as network goes dark on YouTube TV, Hulu

DirecTV adds Monumental Sports as network goes dark on YouTube TV, Hulu

(Stock image) Monumental Sports Network is gaining carriage on a streaming version of DirecTV’s pay television service after the network went dark on two other leading streaming cable TV replacements this week. On Tuesday, the regional sports network disappeared from Google-owned YouTube TV and Disney’s Hulu with Live TV, the two largest streaming cable TV-like platforms in the country. The move left YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV subscribers …

Programmers and NAB Blast Virtual MVPDs After Blackouts

Programmers and NAB criticized YouTube TV and Hulu on Wednesday after multiple networks went dark on the virtual MVPDs due to failed carriage talks. Univision said its blackout on the YouTube TV lineup as of 12:01...

YouTube Carriage Fight: NBC In, Univision and Monumental Out

An unusual confluence of expiring television distribution agreements, most of them involving YouTube TV, has left a disparate mix of results.