Disney and YouTube TV still have no deal in place, three of Disney’s most senior TV executives told staffers in a memo Friday, and the company faces the prospect of another weekend heavy with sports telecasts that won’t be seen by a significant portion of potential viewers.

The release of the memo to ESPN employees is the latest twist in the protracted stand-off between the distributor and content company.

Sports fans are growing angry with the ongoing dispute between Disney and one of the biggest streaming platforms in the world as another busy college football and NFL weekend awaits. RELATED: ESPN NFL insider has hectic moment on-air in the middle of trade deadline day However,

As the NCAA football season heats up and college basketball begins, this weekend could be the second in a row that YouTube TV viewers are shut out of the biggest games. The disagreement causing the ESPN and ABC outage stems from the "carriage fee" that YouTube TV pays Disney to broadcast its channels.

As the Disney-YouTube TV carriage fight drags on, Disney Entertainment Co-Chairs Dana Walden and Alan Bergman joined with ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro to thank employees for “staying focused” during the disruption.

Disney claims to have offered YouTube TV a deal that “would cost less overall than the terms of our recently expired license,” with programming packages “that would provide tremendous flexibility for YouTube TV and greater choice and value for its customers.

Disney has been off YouTube TV for a week now, with the absence of ESPN and ABC on the streaming television platform resulting in millions of dollars in