Tag: YouTube TV

  • YouTube TV Officially Launches on Roku Players

    YouTube TV Officially Launches on Roku Players

    Today YouTube TV officially launches on Roku players and Roku TVs with a dedicated YouTube TV Roku Channel. Now you can access YouTube TV both by casting to Roku players and by opening the dedicated YouTube TV Channel. “We are thrilled to bring YouTube TV to our customers,” said Tedd Cittadine, vice president, content distribution, Roku.…

  • YouTube TV Pulls Support for Roku Players

    YouTube TV Pulls Support for Roku Players

    After working for almost a week a few hours ago Google updated YouTube TV to remove support for casting to Roku players and Roku TVs. Starting with an update about a week ago YouTube TV was updated and allowed casting to Roku players as long as you had the Roku YouTube Channel installed. The casting…

  • YouTube TV Adds Casting Support For Roku Players

    YouTube TV Adds Casting Support For Roku Players

    When YouTube TV first launched it only worked on Android, iOS, and Chromecast via casting. Later they added support for casting to Apple TV, and released an app on Android TV. Now YouTube TV has added support for Roku players and TVs. UPDATE: A few hours ago Google updated YouTube to remove support for casting…

  • YouTube TV Hits 300,000 Signups

    YouTube TV Hits 300,000 Signups

    It looks like YouTube TV is off to a great start according to CNBC, which reported that YouTube TV now has 300,000+ live TV signups since the service launched last summer. This comes after Hulu announced they have topped 17 million total subscribers on their on-demand service. According to CNBC, citing people familiar with the…

  • YouTube TV Adds The Smithsonian Channel to Their Lineup

    YouTube TV Adds The Smithsonian Channel to Their Lineup

    Earlier today we learned that the Smithsonian Channel was being added to Hulu’s live TV service. Now it was announced that YouTube TV has added the Smithsonian Channel to Their Lineup for YouTube TV subscribers.   “In this ever-changing landscape, we’re always looking for ways to expand our existing audience” Smithsonian Channel president Tom Hayden said…

  • How to Watch MSNBC Without Paying For Cable TV (January 2018 Update)

    One of the most popular requests we get is how to watch MSNBC as a cord cutter. Well it may not be for everyone MSNBC is of the fastest growing news network in the United States. Recent noticed that our guide on how to watch MSNBC was badly out of date so today we are…

  • How to Watch Fox News Without Paying For Cable TV (January 2018 Update)

    How to Watch Fox News Without Paying For Cable TV (January 2018 Update)

    One of the most popular requests we get is how to watch Fox News as a cord cutter. Well it may not be for everyone Fox News is the #1 most viewed news network in the United States. Recently we noticed that our guide on how to watch Fox News was badly out of date so…

  • Philo vs DIRECTV NOW vs Sling TV vs  PlayStation Vue vs Fubo TV vs Hulu vs YouTube TV – Updated January 2018

    Philo vs DIRECTV NOW vs Sling TV vs PlayStation Vue vs Fubo TV vs Hulu vs YouTube TV – Updated January 2018

    Today we update our side by side look at the major live TV streaming services. This month we looked at Fubo TV, Philo, , Sling TV, Hulu’s live TV beta, YouTube TV, PlayStation Vue, and DIRECTV NOW with the hopes that we will make picking the right live TV streaming service easier. *Note this list is up to date (as best as…

  • How I Would Make Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, & Others Better

    How I Would Make Sling TV, DIRECTV NOW, PlayStation Vue, & Others Better

    2018 comes with a lot of promise for cord cutting. Yet it seems that a few major live TV streaming services need to make small changes to become even better. Today I want to lay out one thing I would do to make each of the major live TV streaming services even better. PlayStation Vue…

  • YouTube TV Rolls Out to 34 New Markets

    YouTube TV Rolls Out to 34 New Markets

    YouTube TV recently quietly rolled out to 34 new markets. This brings the total number of markets YouTube TV is available into 84. We do not have a full list of every local added but this could put YouTube TV over 400 locals along with Hulu’s live TV service. (Remember the last few times YouTube TV…