YouTube has jumped headfirst into the growing market for live streaming television with the announcement of YouTube TV, a service aimed squarely at DirecTV Now, Sling and other streaming TV services. YouTube’s cord-cutter friendly $35-a-month service will offer live sitcoms, dramas, news and sports from ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, ESPN, CW, Telemundo and other networks. It will include local TV stations offering news and sports. It will be accessible on mobile phones, tablets or computers, and it can be streamed to a television using Google Chromecast.
Yes ! There's a reason Netflix doesn't have a $35 price point. 40 channels for like 20 bucks and they would have signed up half of America.
I mean, it's easy to say "$35 is cheaper than a $100 cable bill," but you still need to pay $40-50 for internet. Throw in another $20-30 for a home phone maybe and you end up with a bill not all that different from what you have now with far fewer channels. Though, I do like the unlimited DVR bit and having access to network stations from any streaming device.
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YouTube Jumps into the Live TV Streaming Fray
Posted by: David Jones March 1, 2017 04:01 PMYouTube has jumped headfirst into the growing market for live streaming television with the announcement of YouTube TV, a service aimed squarely at DirecTV Now, Sling and other streaming TV services. YouTube’s cord-cutter friendly $35-a-month service will offer live sitcoms, dramas, news and sports from ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, ESPN, CW, Telemundo and other networks. It will include local TV stations offering news and sports. It will be accessible on mobile phones, tablets or computers, and it can be streamed to a television using Google Chromecast.
I mean, it's easy to say "$35 is cheaper than a $100 cable bill," but you still need to pay $40-50 for internet. Throw in another $20-30 for a home phone maybe and you end up with a bill not all that different from what you have now with far fewer channels. Though, I do like the unlimited DVR bit and having access to network stations from any streaming device.