The clock is ticking for Google and Disney. And for YouTube TV customers who rely on ESPN and ABC for college and pro football.

Absent a deal before midnight on Thursday, those networks (and others owned by Disney) could exit the increasingly popular streaming-based collection of channels that has essentially become the leading high-tech cable package.

Google and Fox reached a deadline deal in August. Google and Comcast did the same in September.

If ESPN and ABC exit the platform, viewers will have to look elsewhere for access to a variety of college football games, and Monday Night Football .

For Week 9, that’s Cardinals-Cowboys. In Week 10, it’s an Eagles-Packers showdown at Lambeau Field.

As usual, the two sides are blaming each other for being greedy. As usual, the consumer is c

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