While YouTube TV is now available in every U.S. market, it’s now $49.99 per month for all. A promo earlier this month gave “longtime” customers free Showtime for the summer, and the latest is now a Nest Hub for only $49.
After rolling out to every U.S. market in March, Google announced a price hike for YouTube TV in April that bumped it to $49.99 per month. The cord cutting service is now rewarding “longtime” customers with free Showtime for the summer.
One of the big appeals of YouTube TV is live games with the Android app widely testing an optimized sports dashboard. It includes stats and key replays just in time for the NBA Finals, which Google’s cord-cutting service is again sponsoring this year.
Verizon and Google made a partnership last year over bringing YouTube TV to the company’s 5G customers. Now, that deal is massively expanding with Verizon pushing Google’s service on its wireless and broadband customers starting later this year.
YouTube TV is actually a really good service, but unfortunately, it keeps getting more expensive. After a previous price hike, Google today announced that YouTube TV would be increasing costs to a whopping $50 a month for all users. Understandably, many are looking to cancel and find alternatives as a result. Here are some of the best YouTube TV alternatives that won’t cost you quite as much.
Just last month, YouTube TV expanded to every U.S. television market. The two-year old cord-cutting service is now increasing its monthly subscription rate to $49.99 for all users, and adding more channels.
Ahead of the Super Bowl in January, Google announced that YouTube TV was available in 98% of U.S. households. Two months later, users in every television market across the country can subscribe to YouTube’s cord-cutting service.
Over the past year, Google has worked to heavily promote YouTube TV through ad campaigns, usually during major sporting events. In July, it was rumored that the cord-cutting service had nearly 800,000 subscribers, with the latest figure today pegging it at over 1 million.
Google’s YouTube TV service has seen significant expansion since its launch just two years ago. Today, just a couple of weeks ahead of the Super Bowl, YouTube TV has officially gone nationwide.
Back in October, YouTube TV added support for NBA League Pass to watch all live, out-of-market games ad-free. The Google cord-cutting service on Friday discounted the season-long basketball plan, while also adding a new Local Now channel.
If you happened to be one of the unlucky users who experienced the YouTube TV outage on October 16th, then you should be eligible for a free week of credit courtesy of the company. YouTube TV sent all subscribers an apology via email this weekend which contained a link to a form that, so long as you fill it in by October 24th, will enable you to claim a free week of credit towards the TV streaming service.
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One of YouTube TV’s most useful features is an unlimited cloud DVR for recording live shows and rewatching content. However, there are restrictions that favor VOD content, but fortunately the major channels today are allowing full and immediate YouTube TV DVR control.
YouTube TV is no stranger to the NBA, but now basketball fans are about to get a huge plus with the subscription service. NBA League Pass is officially adding support for Google’s live TV streaming option.
While the primary Android client picked up a dark theme earlier this month, another YouTube application gained the appearance just before it. YouTube TV on the web quietly added the mode in August, with the look matching the rest of the YouTube family.
YouTube TV has been a success so far for Google, and the service is continually evolving with new channels, premium add-ons, and more. Now, Google has added the option to pause your membership.
Next-generation 5G wireless technology will be notable for providing both mobile connectivity and residential broadband. Verizon is slated to deploy the latter service in 2018 and is partnering with YouTube TV to provide the first subscribers with content.
Launched in early 2017, YouTube TV in the past year has added more channels and premium add-ons, while dealing with notable outages. Google today announced that its cord-cutting solution is now available in 100 cities across the country.
They’re still a drop in the bucket compared to the still-dominating traditional satellite and cable TV players, but so-called “skinny bundle” TV services like YouTube TV are gaining in popularity. Despite its growth in terms of sheer subscriber numbers, however, The Information reports today that Google is still trying to figure out how to make money on the service.
Since its debut, YouTube TV has added a handful of new networks to its catalog. Today, the service is adding two new premium channels for subscribers.
Yesterday, in the midst of one of the most anticipated World Cup games, YouTube TV went down for almost an hour. As an apology, YouTube TV is giving subscribers a free week of service.
No, it’s not just deja vu, and it’s not just you. This is indeed the second time in the last month that YouTube TV has been down. If you’re trying to stream something, you’re not alone in your frustration.
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If you’ve recently tried to visit the YouTube TV website or stream your favorite show, you’ve probably found yourself logged out and unable to watch anything. Don’t worry, it’s not just you. YouTube TV is currently down and has been for over 30 minutes.
YouTube TV has proven wildly successful since its launch, and now, the service is launching a partnership with Starz to offer premium channels with an extra subscription.
Watching the 2018 NBA Finals this evening you might have noticed that the series is “Presented by YouTube TV.” The streaming service’s logo is everywhere, while there are also several ads. One of the later ones is pretty cool and “live,” transitioning directly into the game.
