Paramount-owned channels are at the center of the tug-of-war, and YouTube TV customers could see offerings like Comedy Central and MTV disappear.

YouTube TV announced Thursday night that it has agreed to a short-term deal with Paramount to keep CBS, Nickelodeon and several other networks owned by the media company on the streaming service—avoiding a blackout of those channels—as both sides continued to negotiations over a new distribution deal will continue.

Paramount Global and YouTube TV have agreed to continue negotiations, keeping Paramount's TV networks, including CBS, on the Google platform.