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Disney to pay $50M to settle price-fixing claims over streaming bundles
Disney agreed to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging it forced YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream to raise subscription prices. Subscribers from April 2019 through March 2026 are eligible for payouts. The settlement covers claims that Disney used its content leverage to inflate bundle costs.
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The settlement highlights how content owners' market power can distort pricing in the streaming bundle ecosystem, but the payout per subscriber is likely small.
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