YouTube TV Rolls Out Lower-Priced Plans
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YouTubeTV is planning an expansion of its subscription into tiers, allowing existing subscribers to save money on the channels they're actually watching.
YouTube TV will add 10 genre-specific plans next year, starting with one dedicated to sports. The idea is to allow people to subscribe to channels or genres they watch most. If you don't want to pay $83 per month for 100+ YouTube TV channels, you can just subscribe to one or two.
So far, all these cheaper, smaller packages that YouTube TV could offer next year remind me of DirecTV's Genre Packs. While DirecTV offers several big all-in-one packages with lots of channels, its Genre Packs, which it launched earlier this year, are much cheaper and offer just a selection of channels aimed at specific audiences.
YouTube TV needs to renew its carriage contract with NBCUniversal. The service is reportedly frustrated with the high rates it pays, and wants to leverage its size for a better deal. The companies have since reached a new long-term deal. Update: October 3 ...
After missing out on a cable stalwart for years, C-SPAN and its secondary networks are finally headed to YouTube TV.
YouTube TV and NBCUniversal’s tussle over what seems like regular carriage issues did not take the sharp turn pushed by big internet-based bundles of live, linear TV networks. YouTube TV wanted not only a big piece of financial streaming from that pie ...
Over the past few months, YouTube TV made several important moves to upgrade its offering and reward subscribers. The breaking news mainly focused on two-week dispute with the Walt Disney Company, during which millions of subscribers lost access to popular Disney channels,
And while ESPN and other Disney channels are now back on YouTube TV after negotiations, subscribers have been left wondering whether this new deal will come with any future price hikes. All of this has led several people to look at alternative live TV streaming platforms to watch the content they want,