If you’re one of the more than 8 million people who subscribe to YouTube TV, get ready for yet another price increase this January. Launched in 2017, the service was touted as a low-cost alternative to cable, offering 24/7 live-streaming of select channels before expanding to include movies-on-demand and live sports. Initially costing $34.99/month, the platform has since increased its price three times, not including all the additional add-ons that are available.
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Per The Wrap, the cost of YouTube TV is going up from $72.99 to $82.99 per month, with that price reflected as of today for new subscribers, and the next billing cycle on or after Jan. 13 for current users. An email sent out today by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, mentioned the “rising cost of content and the investment we make in the quality of our service” as an excuse for the increase, while also adding:
“We don’t make these decisions lightly, and we realize this has an impact on our members. We are committed to bringing you features that are changing the way we watch live TV, like unlimited DVR storage and multiview, and supporting YouTube TV’s breadth of content and vast on-demand library of movies and shows.”
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Like many other services such as Hulu and Prime Video, YouTube also lets users add cable channels to their package in addition to the base price. Starz, Max, Paramount+ and MGM+ are all available, as is NFL Sunday Ticket, which costs football fans an astounding $479 per season if they don’t have YouTube TV, and $264 if they do. That’s a lot of dough to see Patrick Mahomes carry the Chiefs to another Super Bowl ring this year. Sorry, we couldn’t resist.
YouTube TV Isn’t the Only Service Raising Its Prices
While YouTube TV is raising its prices for current subscribers in January, Hulu + Live TV also increased its cost from $76.99/month to $82.99/month back in October. Max has also indicated that they’ll be raising their subscription fees in 2025, and Netflix has also hinted at the same thing. Disney is not exempt here, as they increased the price on all standalone tiers of Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ earlier this year, but at least they softened the blow with a Disney+, Hulu, and Max bundle available for $18.99/month.
Still, with the ever-rising cost of subscription fees and add-on channels, one has to wonder what’s the point anymore? Why not just go back to cable like the good old days of “event TV” that you couldn’t do without?. Sure, you’d be missing out on some great original content, but honestly, considering the gap between seasons of shows like Stranger Things, it’d be worth it to sign-up for a service, binge-watch 10 episodes, and then cancel. That is, until streamers get wise and decide to lock us all into contracts, which you know has got to be the eventual endgame to all of this mess.
Inspired by 80s pop-culture and elements of Stephen King’s works, Stranger Things is a supernatural action-drama TV series set in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. When a young boy goes missing, his group of friends stumbles upon a young girl with telekinetic powers who recently escaped from a mysterious facility. They soon realize that she may be their only chance at stopping an impending doom that threatens to engulf Hawkins whole.
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July 15, 2016
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Sci-Fi
- Cast
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Finn Wolfhard
, Joe Keery
, Jamie Campbell Bower
, Brett Gelman
, Caleb McLaughlin
, Maya Hawke
, David Harbour
, Matthew Modine
, Priah Ferguson
, Gaten Matarazzo
, Winona Ryder
, Charlie Heaton
, Sadie Sink
, Millie Bobby Brown
, Joseph Quinn
, Dacre Montgomery
, Natalia Dyer
, Noah Schnapp - Seasons
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4
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