The suit, known as Biddle v. The Walt Disney Company, was filed in 2022 by YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream subscribers who alleged Disney’s carriage requirements made it impossible for streaming services to offer lower-cost packages without dropping channels consumers expected to be included. In Biddle v. Disney, (PDF) filed in 2022, the plaintiffs alleged that Disney violated federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws by forcing YouTube TV, DirecTV and FuboTV subscribers to pay more for livestreaming TV. “Since Disney acquired operational control over Hulu in May 2019, prices across the SLPTV [Streaming Live Pay Television] Market, including for YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream, have nearly doubled,” the lawsuit alleged.