UPDATED with networks dark. ABC , ESPN and other Disney networks have gone dark on YouTube TV due to a carriage dispute .

In a departure from industry protocol, the signal went down shortly after 11:15 p.m. ET, which was before the official expiration of the companies’ current distribution agreement at midnight. Sources familiar with the dealings between the companies told Deadline that YouTube required additional time operationally to wind down service and also notify customers.

The long-gestating and rancorous dispute is now depriving about 10 million YouTube TV subscribers of Thursday prime-time programming on ABC and is threatening college football and other major sports telecasts.

While carriage battles are nothing new in the TV industry, the involvement of a major tech

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