YouTube TV hikes price to $83 per month due to 'rising content costs'
Users have pointed out that the service has nearly doubled in price over the last five years.
A price hike is hitting YouTube TV this month, raising the price of YouTube’s television service for the foreseeable future. It marks one of several price hikes that have raised the cost of the service over the last few years and while current subscribers will see the price change in January, new subscribers will see these increased prices reflected immediately.
YouTube announced the increased price of YouTube TV via the service’s social media channel this week. From today on, new subscribers will pay an adjusted price of $82.99 USD per month for YouTube TV services. Current subscribers will be able to enjoy their current monthly rate until January 13 when the new cost will be applied to them as well.
A message for our members: we have always worked to offer the content you love, with features to enjoy the best of live TV. To keep up with rising content costs, we’re updating our monthly price to $82.99/mo. (1/3)
— YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) December 12, 2024
This move has subscribers and much of social media up in arms as the price of YouTube TV has increased multiple times over the last few years. When the service launched, it started at $35 per month in Beta, and was around $40 per month in 2019. However, the multiple price hikes it has seen have pushed it up over double those original prices. YouTube claims the increased prices are to cover the cost of content, but many users feel that Google is increasing the price frivolously, especially without adding something to the service in turn and with the company enjoying record profits and revenue.
Regardless, the price of YouTube TV just went up again. For more news on the service, stay tuned to the YouTube topic right here at Shacknews.
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replyTJ Denzer posted a new article, YouTube TV hikes price to $83 per month due to 'rising content costs'
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Fwiw, it's +$40 to add TV to my current internet+phone package through Spectrum. Not sure if that's an introductory rate, but I was surprised how cheap it would be relative to YouTube TV and other TV internet services.
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All this streaming shit is making cable tv downright affordable.
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Will you have to pay for set top box rental as well?
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Good point. It's been so long since I've had cable I didn't think about it. CNN article from Jan 2024 says Spectrum switched to a streaming box which is $5 a month or $60 if you want to buy the box outright.
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Assuming this applies to all their areas, you don't need their cable box or streaming box and can just use your own device with the spectrum app.
https://www.syracuse.com/news/2023/10/say-goodbye-to-the-cable-box-spectrum-is-switching-to-a-streaming-device.html
Can I get rid of my cable box and skip the Xumo?
Yes, you can. Here’s how:
With the introduction of the Xumo, Spectrum’s requirement that customers have at least one cable box in their home goes away. Customers will not even have to have a Xumo. Spectrum is not promoting this, but when asked, a spokesperson confirmed that customers could turn in their cable boxes, saving them the monthly rental fee, and use the Spectrum TV app on the streaming device of their choice on all their televisions.
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They have a streaming app so presumably you wouldn't have to but they could still be assholes and require renting a box as part of the service.
https://www.spectrum.com/cable-tv/streaming/spectrum-tv-app
I have xfinity and don't have one of their boxes. I mainly use their app on appleTV and also have a few cablecards (surprisingly no monthly fee to rent them from xfinity) for my tivos.-
Verizon’s current system sucks. You have to have at least one server (set top box) to use their app on anything but a smart phone, and the app is only available on a few platforms. You also need their router since the set top box requires it. There is a workaround for that but most consumers aren’t going to know how to do it. The set top box receives RF and the app streams video from the server.
They’re currently rolling out a streaming only service but from what I’ve heard you need their box for that as well- which is a rebranded Google TV device.
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Well if you use it that way. I only pay for the channels I would legally be allowed to stream.
Whatever else they send me is on them.-
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Sling Orange is 40/month
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What do you watch on locals, sports? Can you get around that with a VPN?
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Damn, that sounds scary
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I only really use it for Preimiere League soccer; so I may just use Peacock, although I have to wait a day to watch some of the games.
I guess I'll take a look at Cox pricing, but I bet its about the same.
Really sucks that we can't ala carte this shit. Its only really going up cause they went the Cable TV route and added every stupid channel in the world. -
I hate this shit. It sucks trying to watch sports since every fucking league uses different channels/services (fucking NFL/European leagues/cups). I just want simplicity goddamnit.
Thankfully MLS has its shit together with Apple. ESPN+ has me covered for Bundesliga and I can watch Aussie rules football with their app. -
Do you know someone with cable that will give you their login? If so check out getchannels.com. It will work with traditional cable and antenna tuners, but it will also use a system called TV Anywhere. Basically you put in a user name and password and it will grab the ip streams for everything they have access to. Lots of places you can get locals as well.
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Converted to CAD, that's almost more than I pay for my High-speed Internet + Digital Cable + Digital box rentals every month. My ISP was here last week to replace one of my little digital boxes, and they ran tests and I am getting like 146% of my plan's speed LOL
I've been with them for almost 30 years.
It's baseball and Survivor and Big Brother and a few shows we never miss that's kept me from cutting. That, and it's so damn cheap compared to (as we see) YouTube TV!-
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You are nuts and I don’t caramel! Wow that really satisfied.
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I’ve never been so happy cancelling something. It’s absolute shit content. I was basically using it like cable TV, just flipping through channels and occasionally watching CNN. Since I now hate CNN and all news, this price increase came at the perfect time. Thanks YouTube TV for doing this! Instantly cancelled and I have had it since it was $35
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the cost of making new content has gone up due to higher interest rates so licensing costs go up as well
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Sounds like YouTubeTV is feeling the pinch of live sports providers!
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