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Google Unveils New 'YouTube TV' Streaming Service for $35 per Month

$35 is the price of Netflix, Hulu (ad free) and Amazon combined. All to watch shows interrupted by ads and made highly inconvenient through linear delivery. These services are a last desperate attempt by channels to remain relevant. They are all doomed to fail.
 
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So, $35. + upgrade you internet service to unlimited + $10-$15. and possibly adds... LOL, good luck, maybe 10-15 to start, maybe.....
 
mr.steevo said:
Where is Apple in all of this? Didn't they start the digital download revolution?

Oh, wait. That was Napster...
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Exactly, they don't start the revolution they perfect it. Apple has been working on it even back when Steve Jobs was alive, but they release if any when it makes sense. To note you can already watch most all of those channels on AppleTV. I watch live streaminig of CNN and others on AppleTV via each respective app on AppleTV.

Once the networks can agree on pricing with Apple so that Apple can keep it low enough for customers I'm sure we will finally see an update from the from them.
 
Most of what we watch is on add on subscriptions. Very little on traditional TV. For us, $420 a year will buy at least 10 seasons shows. At this point enough to meet our entertainment needs. Moving in the right direction, so thumbs up to Google.
 
TechRemarker said:
Once the networks can agree on pricing with Apple so that Apple can keep it low enough for customers I'm sure we will finally see an update from the from them.
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You're kidding right? Apple lower price? Everything they charge is a premium for usually not premium products.
 
farewelwilliams said:
err, but the cloud DVR with unlimited storage is an announced feature. read the article. unless i'm understanding it wrong...
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Yes that is legal. But in order to fit under the legal requirements of time-shifting, you have to ask the service to record "your" program in advance. Even if Youtube is technically recording everything and saving it forever, they can't let you watch anything after the fact, because to the law, that is no different from recording a movie off the TV and then giving or selling it to somebody else.
 
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farewelwilliams said:
err, but the cloud DVR with unlimited storage is an announced feature. read the article. unless i'm understanding it wrong...
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The post I was replying to implied that is a difference. If cloud DVR does the same as a standard DVR (only in the cloud), you have to preselect what you want to record. This means for example you wouldn't have access to the whole back catalog the moment you subscribe and you would have to 'manually' select something (which could be a whole season of a TV show) to 'record' it before it airs. The latter restriction could in principle be circumvented by spending some time initially to select every program on every channel manually. But you still would need to add any new series as it premiers.
 
Wonder how long before all cable tv providers follow Directv and Dish in creating a streaming only service to compete with PSVue, DTV Now, Sling... etc?

I wish Google success so it helps pressure traditional pay tv providers to change.
 
Mad Mac Maniac said:
Where are you Apple?
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What is Apple going to offer different then PlayStation Vue DIRECTV Now Hulu Live and Youtube TV,
it's the same content of which done of those services create. I am thinking that the Apple TV is the
Container box for all the content I want all in one device. I have four of them as set top boxes streaming
PlayStation Vue and DIRECTV Now and a lot of other great video apps....
 
The description doesn't really tell what it is. Is this just streaming the live broadcasts? Or shows on demand? Frankly for that price I'd want both. I assume shows are also with commercials?

This has potential but for me to be interested it would have to be live broadcasts plus shows on demand. I can't imagine they'd do it without commercials, but that would be a plus.
 
farewelwilliams said:
"YouTube TV features include cloud DVR options with unlimited storage space"

why not just record all channels for me and let me watch whatever?
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I suspect that this will be the future of TV when someone cracks it -- having every channel in your lineup automatically DVR'ed for the last x number of days and you can go back and watch whatever you want whenever you want -- no recording necessary. It's just in the cloud. If anyone could pull that off, I think it's Google. I don't think Apple can or would even bother to try since they're so stingy with cloud storage.

I envision that a service like this would work similar to the way the Nest Cam subscription works today. You can choose between having access to either 10 days of recording or 30 days of recording. Imagine, without having to worry about scheduling a recording or having to think about which app a show can be watched in (for cord cutters), we could just say, "Play last week's 'This is Us'" or "Watch ESPN from February 26th at 9:34 PM" and it immediately starts playing from Google's cloud DVR.

Apple TV kind of gets there with the Siri "Watch 'This is Us'" stuff; but it's way too kludgy and it's limited since it only works with specific apps.
 
I am so excited for iPhone 8 parts leaks! I suspect I am going to be stunned by the price.
 
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Meh.

Regular television is going the way of newspapers and vinyl records. I find myself watching less and less everyday.

If I want to watch ANYTHING I know that I can always find it on Kodi. No need pay for something that you seldom use.
 
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Does ATT really want people signing up for DirecTV now? Because if you go to the site for it, it's impossible to find details about the service. No channel listing, no pricing beyond the 35 starting rate. Supposedly a bunch on demand but no listing of what. No info about whether the on demand stuff has commercials.
 
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DirecTV Now seems like a better value—at least for those of us who signed up at the lower $35 for 100 channels price. This does have CBS, but the main reason I want CBS is for NFL, and with no NFL it doesn't make sense for me to get it. There's also no Food Network, which is the deal breaker for my wife.
 
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