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How a Pam Bondi fumble caused the Disney football shutdown

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It’s been 11 days since Disney pulled ESPN and ABC from YouTube TV, preventing about 10 million households from watching their favorite college football teams and Monday Night Football. And it’s unclear when, if ever, Disney will allow YouTube TV subscribers to watch football again.

What is clear is that this could have been prevented if Attorney General Pam Bondi‘s Justice Department had more thoroughly reviewed Disney’s recent acquisition of YouTube TV’s rival, Fubo.

The dispute between Disney and YouTube TV’s parent company, Google, is really about the continuing decline in households that still subscribe to traditional cable or satellite television packages and what the growing number of households that have cut the cord are using as a substitute. It has become increasingly clear to entertainment........

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