NEW YORK — YouTube TV says it has reached a “short-term extension” in its contract dispute with Fox, meaning subscribers of the Google-owned streamer won’t see immediate disruptions of Fox channels on the platform.

The current carriage agreement between YouTube TV and Fox originally faced a Wednesday afternoon deadline — with YouTube previously warning that networks such as Fox Sports, Business and News would become unavailable on its streaming platform if the sides didn’t reach a new deal by 5 p.m. ET.

That would have left YouTube TV customers without Week 1 of some college football games — including Saturday’s game between No. 1 Texas and No. 3 Ohio State — and other broadcast programming from Fox. But shortly after the clock hit 5 p.m. Wednesday, YouTube said it was able to “prevent d

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