Category: YouTube TV
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YouTube TV Adds 2 New Channels
Cricket fans across North America have a new reason to cheer as Willow, the premier cricket broadcaster in the region, launches its flagship Willow and Willow 2 networks on YouTube TV, announced earlier today. The timing couldn’t be better: the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s most-watched T20 cricket tournament, kicks off this Saturday, March…
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YouTube TV Users Hit With a New Bug On Roku When Fast-Forwarding But There is a Possible Fix
Frustrated Roku users who experience frequent freezing when fast-forwarding through content on YouTube TV may have found a temporary solution. A user on Reddit shared a simple technique that involves a modified approach to using the fast-forward button, potentially alleviating the annoying issue for some viewers. The Problem: Fast-Forward Freeze Many Roku users, particularly those…
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YouTube TV is Adding More Locals
YouTube TV subscribers are gaining access to new local programming options with the recent addition of two Gray Television stations: KFVE in Honolulu, Hawaii, and KPDX in Portland, Oregon. This marks the first time that YouTube TV has included both an independent station and a MyNetworkTV affiliate from Gray Television in its lineup, signaling a…
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YouTube TV Now Offers the ‘Zee Family’ Package With Indian Channels
YouTube TV on Wednesday said that it has begun offering a package of Indian channels under its Zee Family bundle. Customers can sign up for the package as a standalone service or as an add-on to the base YouTube TV plan. With either option, the plan costs $14.99 a month. The move represents YouTube TV…
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The Recap: A Possible Peacock-Paramount+ Marriage, Sports JV Drama, and More
A busy week was capped off by another shocking revelation: Paramount and Comcast discussing combining their respective streaming services, Paramount+ and Peacock. We also continued to see the ripple effects of last week’s announcement from Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery to form a streaming sports joint venture, with a lot more unhappy…
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The Recap: A New Monster Sports Bundle, YouTube TV’s Big Number, and More
This week gave us a big shocker with Walt Disney’s ESPN, FOX, and Warner Bros. Discovery unveiling plans to form a Voltron-like sports streaming service made up of its different cable and broadcast networks. It’s an announcement that shook up the industry, raising questions ranging from everything to potential pricing to its impact on the…
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YouTube TV’s 8 Million Customers Means You’re Now More Willing to Pay For Google Services
YouTube and parent Alphabet are known for how much money they make on ads that pop up on its service. But the company is also seeing success getting people to pay for its services. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on Tuesday disclosed that its YouTube TV live streaming service now has 8 million subscribers. This comes…
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YouTube Lays Off Another 100 Staffers
Google laid off 100 workers from its YouTube division as the company reduces staff as part of a restructuring tactic as it incorporates artificial intelligence into its operations. The cuts mainly affected the creator management and operations teams that manage YouTube’s content creators, marking its first corporate restructuring in a decade. The 100 people whose…
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The Recap: Nickelodeon’s App Shuts Down, Spectrum Takes a Hit, and More
YouTube TV offered some improvements for users, while earnings season rolled along with a myriad of tech companies reporting their results. Also reporting earnings was Spectrum, which felt the bite of 5G home internet service. The Federal Communications Commission, meanwhile, warned that it may need to stop taking new applications for the Affordable Connectivity Program…
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Google Says Connected TVs Make Up YouTube’s Fastest Growing Audience
Expect YouTube to give users who watch its user-generated videos on a smart TV a lot more love. The connected TV audience represents YouTube’s fastest growing viewership, according to Philipp Schindler, chief business officer of YouTube parent Alphabet, who spoke on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. YouTube is by far the most popular streaming service…