Tag: YouTube TV
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PlayStation Vue’s Death Has Helped YouTube TV & Hulu
This morning, DISH shared subscriber numbers for Sling TV, showing that the live TV streaming service has lost subscribers for the first time. Sling TV is now at 2.59 million subscribers. In the most recent Disney earnings call, we found out that Hulu with Live has reached 3.2 million subscribers. Recently, we also learned that…
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YouTube TV & Philo Could Be the Perfect Replacement to Cable TV
When cancelling cable, two top concerns are whether the switch to streaming will be cost effective and whether streaming services will offer all the channels a viewer wants to watch. Sometimes, a great streaming service will be missing a few channels and a cord cutter will subscriber to multiple services to get the full package.…
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Hulu vs. YouTube TV: Which Streaming Service is Right for You?
If you’re thinking about switching streaming services or subscribing to a live TV streaming service for the first time, there are a few basic questions you’ll want to answer. In this post, we’re taking a look at some of the basics of Hulu with Live and YouTube TV. Plans and Pricing Hulu with Live costs…
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YouTube TV is Ending Support For Apple In-App Purchases for Existing Subscribers
Today YouTube TV announced that they are ending support for in-app purchases for existing subscribers on March 13th, 2020. Last year YouTube stopped letting new subscribers sign-up through in-app purchases on iOS devices. Instead, new subscribers had to go make an account on YouTube TV’s website. If you already had an account you could continue…
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More PBS Stations Are Going Live on YouTube TV Today
For the second week in a row YouTube TV has added more PBS stations to their lineup. After being announced in July, in December 2019 PBS Kids and PBS are live on YouTube TV in select markets. PBS said at the time more than 100 PBS stations are now live on YouTube TV. Later YouTube…
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YouTube is Working on an Amazon Channels-Like Feature for Third Party Subscriptions
YouTube is interested in adding a new feature that will allow users to subscribe to third party services, much like the setup of Amazon Prime Channels. The Information reported this morning that YouTube is looking into allowing users to sign up for a “wide range of subscription-streaming services” according to their sources. This sounds similar…
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How to Watch the 2020 Oscars on Roku, Fire TV & Apple TV
On Sunday, February 9, 2019, at 8 PM Eastern, the Academy Awards will be live in Hollywood. After the Academy voted to allow streaming services to be eligible for the awards, Netflix earned 24 nominations for this year. The event will be airing live on ABC and there are more options than ever for streaming…
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YouTube TV Now Has Over 2 Million Subscribers
Today Google announced that YouTube TV now has over 2 million subscribers; this puts YouTube TV in 3rd place behind Hulu and Sling TV. This is the first time in some time that YouTube TV has officially announced subscriber numbers. It had been hinted that YouTube TV had over 2 million subscribers, but today it…
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YouTube TV & Hulu Reportedly Saw Strong Subscriber Growth in 2019
While many quarterly reports are showing video subscriber losses, one analyst is estimating that two of the most popular live TV streaming services will show growth for the final quarter of 2019. Michael Nathanson, media analyst for MoffettNathanson, believes that both Hulu with Live and YouTube TV will show strong Q4 numbers, despite many traditional MVPD services…
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YouTube TV is Offering a 2-Week Free Trial Perfect For Former PlayStation Vue Subscribers
With PlayStation Vue now closed, we are seeing competitors moving in to attract their subscribers away. If you want to take advantage of YouTube TV’s 2-week free trial you need to hurry as it will reportedly come to an end on February 13th, 2020. So if you have been thinking of switching over to YouTube…