YTTV does not really have the ability to not show ads. Those are put in the streams they are carrying. Could they negotiate with the channels to not show ads? M

YTTV does not really have the ability to not show ads. Those are put in the streams they are carrying. Could they negotiate with the channels to not show ads? Maybe, but no channel is going to allow that. A different way to think of this is to consider how many ads you would see on TV if YTTV (and every other bundled TV provider) did not have to pay carriage fees to the channels. How many ads would they have to sell to make up that lost revenue?