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Hulu Raises Live TV Service To $64.99 A Month

Hulu Raises Live TV Service To $64.99 A Month

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Last summer YouTube TV, a cable TV service that comes in via streaming instead of a physical box, hiked up its rates by fifteen bucks. Once $49.99, it was now $64.99 and the outrage was immediate. Many chose to switch to its slightly less expensive rivals, like Hulu’s Live TV. It didn’t keep their wallets safe for long….Hulu just announced their own price hike, to the same level as YouTube’s service. Bob Chapek, CEO of Disney (who holds the majority stock in Hulu) tried to soften the blow of the announcement by suggesting it was still worth the extra money. “I’m a personal big fan of it,” he said. “I use it. And it’s really slick. It’s very elegant, and it really is a big solution provider. It’s really the complete solution, I think.” That’s nice for you, Bob. But if the price was hiked all the way to $577.99 a month, you probably wouldn’t notice that either. These streamable cable services initially took off because they were far cheaper

YouTube TV Raises Prices To $65, Becoming Most Expensive Cord-Cutting Option

YouTube TV Raises Prices To $65, Becoming Most Expensive Cord-Cutting Option

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The last time we went over the consumer options for dropping cable TV and getting channels streamed from the Internet, we said that in the absence of Playstation Vue, YouTube TV was now the best of the existing services. Looks like we’re going to have to evaluate that again. YouTube finally reached a deal with Viacom to plug the biggest hole in its lineup…until now, channels like Nickelodeon and Comedy Central were absent from their grid. We’ve known about the addition for some time, but we figured YT’s parent company Google would eat the cost of the Viacom channels to stay competitive with rivals. Apparently being the dominant search engine makes you forget what competition actually means. Bold move by YouTube TV to increase their price by $20 in a time when there are no sports and people have less money — Monster SmashMike (@Mikelennial) June 30, 2020 YouTube TV is now $64.99, a leap of $15 from $49.99…which wasn’t even YouTube TV’s original price. Until April of 2019 it

The CW Is Finally Coming To A Cable Streaming Service

The CW Is Finally Coming To A Cable Streaming Service

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It’s becoming more common (thankfully) for streaming services to offer feeds from local network affiliates, with the exception of two: CBS (because CBS expects you to pay for their own separate stream) and The CW (we don’t know the exact reason, but CBS owning 50% of the network may have something to do with it). But we’ve now heard that someone has finally broken through and successfully negotiated a proper stream for The CW! Specifically, Hulu. The “Hulu With Live TV” plan will be the first in its genre to offer CW affiliate streams — in selected cities. Yeah, that’s the downside. Hulu just barely figured out how to make this happen, so for the time being, only these specific cities will have CW feeds available: Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, Tampa, Detroit, Seattle, Sacramento and Pittsburgh. This is the first time we’ve witnessed a rollout that didn’t include either LA or New York first. As for when coverage will expand, that’s anybody’s guess. Hulu first announced they were looking into

Hulu Launched Its Streaming Cable Service Today

Hulu Launched Its Streaming Cable Service Today

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Consumers now have a wide range of choices if they want to get their cable TV through the Internet, ranging from the great (Playstation Vue) to the not-so-great (Sling TV) to the awful (DirectTV Now). We’ve been waiting eagerly for Hulu to throw its hat into the ring ever since they announced they were looking into it. After all, a company that is already devoted to streaming content couldn’t possibly mess up, unless they really try. Today Hulu cut the ribbon and unveiled what they call “Hulu With Live TV” to the masses. While it’s one of the better cable streaming options out there, it could also use a bit of work. Hulu’s Live TV gives you six individual accounts on one plan, each with its own cloud DVR that can hold up to 50 hours of recorded content without busting. You can stream it on two devices simultaneously. If that’s not enough for you, it’s expandable: an additional $14.99 (kinda steep, if you ask us) allows an unlimited number

Youtube Joins The Streaming Race, Offers Cable Channels

Youtube Joins The Streaming Race, Offers Cable Channels

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YouTube revealed today its own plans to enter the expanding market of live TV streaming with its own service, YouTube TV. What makes it unique? Read on… YouTube is employing a different strategy than its competition. For one thing, the selection of channels is somewhat smaller — they have not cut a deal with Viacom or TimeWarner, meaning this is the only streaming service that doesn’t include AMC, TNT or Cartoon Network. They have, however, accomplished something no other streamer has to date: all the broadcast networks. You can watch ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW through any compatible device — a streaming first. The reason no other streamer has been able to accomplish this* is because it’s expensive. You can’t just stream broadcast network TV anywhere — the stream MUST be the affiliate channel in that area, meaning hundreds of deals have to be made across the country. Because of this, YouTube TV will only be available in select cities and will be rolled out gradually as areas

AT&T Enters The Streaming Cable Competition

AT&T Enters The Streaming Cable Competition

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Tomorrow (November 30) the growing market of non-contract, price-reduced cable over the Internet will become a three-horse race. On that day phone giant AT&T will launch DirectTV Now, an off-branch of the DirectTV satellite service it owns. This move would seem like shooting themselves in the foot since the new service is undeniably better and cheaper at the same time, provided you can get Internet from another source. AT&T has studied the numbers, however, and they’ve concluded if they’re to keep the new generation of humanity from sticking with Netflix and Hulu only, this is a step they have to take. So now that we have three choices to pick from, let’s size them up. DirectTV Now comes in four pricing tiers, and please forgive me when I pass these names on, because I did not pick them: Live a Little – $35 a month, 60+ channels Just Right – $50 a month, 80+ channels Go Big – $60 a month, 100+ channels Gotta Have It – $70 a month,

Sling TV Update: Viacom Channels Finally Added

Sling TV Update: Viacom Channels Finally Added

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Sling TV is Dish Network’s $20 streaming service that delivers a couple dozen cable channels to your devices without the need for a cable subscription or contract. On just about every newspost we’ve published about Sling, we’ve lamented the lack of Viacom channels on the service. Viacom owns a mess of established cable institutions: Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, BET, Spike, MTV, MTV2, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., VH1, CMT, and TV Land, plus possibly others I can’t think of at the moment. We may never know what the real holdup was, but Dish confirmed today that they had reached a deal with Viacom to stream its stations on Sling, and the deal covers both versions — the single-stream plan with Disney networks, and the multi-stream plan with Fox networks (due to Disney having qualms with multi-stream, consumers aren’t allowed both). It’s unknown if the addition of these channels will raise the price any, but hopefully not. The deal came as part of the negotiations Dish was having with Sling at the eleventh hour