YouTube Wants to Take On Sling TV & PlayStation Vue


By

on

in


YouTube-logo-full_colorThe online streaming market is getting crowded with Sling TV and PlayStation Vue already on the market and DirecTV, Hulu, cable companies, and now YouTube all jumping in and offering online streaming of cable channels to cord cutters. Don’t forget services, such as HBO NOW and Showtime, who sell directly to cord cutters.

Bloomberg is reporting that back in 2012 YouTube started to work on a streaming service that will compete with Sling TV, the original service offering live cable channels. Now it appears that YouTube will be ready to launch sometime in 2017.

YouTube is currently in talks with content owners, and Bloomberg is reporting that big names, such as CBS, Fox, and NBCUniversal, have yet to strike a deal with YouTube; no known partners have been signed up.

The floodgates seem to be open as media companies are focusing on cord cutters in an effort to reach a growing number of Americans who are ditching traditional pay TV services.

Right now that is all that is known, but Bloomberg is confident about this service. However, it could just turn into one more Apple TV service that, at the end of the day, was unable to get off the ground due to lack of deals.

Source: Bloomberg

Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more news, tips, and reviews.

Need cord cutting tech support? Join our new Cord Cutting Tech Support Facebook Group for help.

Disclaimer: To address the growing use of ad blockers we now use affiliate links to sites like http://Amazon.com, streaming services, and others. Affiliate links help sites like Cord Cutters News, stay open. Affiliate links cost you nothing but help me support my family. We do not allow paid reviews on this site. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

* indicates required

Please select all the ways you would like to hear from :

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp’s privacy practices here.