A discouraging update emerged regarding ESPN and Disney’s ongoing standoff with YouTube TV ahead of a weekend packed with sports.

This is the third time in two months that YouTube TV has faced a contract dispute, but this one has had the largest consumer impact, by far.

According to a new survey from Drive Research (via Variety ), YouTube TV subscribers aren't happy. In response to the standoff, 24% of respondents said they had already cancelled their subscription or were planning to do so. That's according to around 1,100 consumers who responded to the survey.

Last year’s Week 9 “MNF” matchup between the Buccaneers and Chiefs, supercharged by Taylor Swift’s presence supporting her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce, drew an average of 20.6 million viewers, meaning a year-over-year drop of around 21%.

On Friday, Nov. 7 three high-ranking Disney executives, Disney Entertainment co-chairmen Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, along with ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro, issued a memo to employees regarding its standoff with YouTube TV.

YouTube TV is trying to stop a subscriber exodus by offering to bring back ESPN and ABC while its stalled negotiations with Disney continue.

While ESPN and YouTube TV remain at odds following the network's removal of its content from the latter’s platform, significant changes are afoot. The Worldwide Leader in Sports has taken a kinder view on betting in recent years and, as such, agreed to a 10-year, $2 billion-deal with PENN Entertainment in August 2023.

That is where the YouTube TV versus ESPN brouhaha stands. The two sides are exchanging proposals, but remain far apart, according to sources briefed on the talks, as the “Monday Night Football” game of the year — the Philadelphia Eagles versus the Green Bay Packers — looms early next week.

These alternative streaming services provide access to ABC and ESPN for this weekend's slate of games featuring multiple top-25 matchups.

Here's how Florida Gators fans can watch tonight's men's basketball game against UNF with the ongoing Disney-YouTube TV dispute.