JAKARTA Two popular streaming platforms in the world will face off in court. This is based on Disney's lawsuit against YouTube, Google's platform, due to employee recruitment issues.
YouTube will air NFL matches, the American football league, for free on September 5. To support the program, YouTube recruited Justin Connolly, a former Disney executive.
Recently, Connolly led streaming services and a linear media network on Disney. After working on Disney and ESPN for more than 20 years, Conolly was recruited by YouTube as head of media and sports.
In that position, Connolly will manage YouTube's relationships with other companies that want to distribute content on YouTube TV. In addition, Connolly will lead live sports coverage on YouTube.
This position actually makes Connolly and YouTube have to face lawsuits. In a lawsuit filed at the California High Court, Disney stated that YouTube was pushing Connolly to violate the work contract.
Before moving to YouTube, Connolly was leading a team negotiating a Disney license extension with YouTube. Therefore, Connolly has deep information regarding the Disney distribution deal.
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Connicly was supposed to work as a Disney executive until March 1, 2027. However, the former executive actually violated his work contract by leaving Disney recently, months before the independent ESPN service was launched.
"Connolly leads Disney's team in licensing extension negotiations with YouTube. Connolly has deep knowledge of other Disney distribution deals, financial details about licensed Disney content to YouTube, and Disney's negotiating strategy," Disney's lawyer explained in his lawsuit.
Disney emphasizes that this act violates the rules. Connicly left the Disney team at a time when the company was working on a new licensing deal with YouTube. According to Disney, they 'would be very disadvantaged if Connolly violated the work contract'.
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