except the SKY complete package can be obtained for 29 Euro (as a new customer or if you keep cancelling before the end of the contract) which includes basically anything HBO and all the new releases and documentaries and tv shows you can think of
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YouTube TV Raises Prices From $50/Month to $65/Month
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except the SKY complete package can be obtained for 29 Euro (as a new customer or if you keep cancelling before the end of the contract) which includes basically anything HBO and all the new releases and documentaries and tv shows you can think of
Oh, I am quite certain some of your minimum wage workers would grab at the opportunity.
Not at the EU minimum wage of 0.
Or Bulgaria where the median income is less than the US poverty line.
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Who uses this? Is it even popular?
To be honest, how many people realistically subscribe even to YouTube premium?
The irony with all this is I'm constantly bombarded with adverts to sign up to the service so even when I try to enable the 30 day trial, I'm stonewalled with a "Not available in your country yet" message! 🤦♂️
To be honest, how many people realistically subscribe even to YouTube premium?
The irony with all this is I'm constantly bombarded with adverts to sign up to the service so even when I try to enable the 30 day trial, I'm stonewalled with a "Not available in your country yet" message! 🤦♂️
Yeah but unfortunately that option is going to be less useful in the future, the streaming services like Netflix and Amazon do not allow their stuff to be sold on Itunes other than House of cards and maybe a few others. I would not be surprised if other networks stop selling their stuff so they can get you to subscribe to their services like HBO Max
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We're like frogs boiling in subscription water
Cable tv is as good as video rental stores, their time has come and gone. Its no longer exciting to watching exclusive content on paid channels. For $10-15 you get access to lifetime amount of video library and if you cant find what you want you can purchase it in seconds from the iTunes store, and if you can't afford it ...some people opt for pirating it off the internet!!
Cable is dead(unless for live shows)
Cable is dead(unless for live shows)
It seems like these providers are jealous of Sony's closure in January. They won't be long behind.
I'm really torn here, YTTV seems to offer everything I want which sports is a big part of (whenever that happens again) and I like getting access on all devices, that being said as a customer for basically 18 months my bill has gone up $25+ in exchange for channels that I don't watch. Technically YTTV + internet is still cheaper than I was paying but I don't like steep increases and my savings are quickly washing away.
This may still be my best option for the sports options though, any thoughts?
This may still be my best option for the sports options though, any thoughts?
By ads do you mean commericals? YTTV has no control over that. The networks are the ones that run the ads because that's how they generate revenue. The ads you see run the same across all the different platforms.
With that being said, $65 a month is pushing it for me. The service works very well and we have gotten some use out of it especially during quarantine but I'm not sure we'll be keeping it with this rate hike.
If only there was some way to find out what it is. A engine that searches....perhaps. Nah that's crazy talk. Everyone knows engines don't search.
I cancelled less than a minute after reading their email about the increase.
A $15 increase is not worth it. 100% of the channels have commercials.
I still can't figure out how the entire "Commercial TV" industry slowly creeped from free to paid models.
It started out pretty easy...
... We knew TV was free because it had commercials.
... We were willing pay for "Premium" channels like HBO because we knew there weren't any commercials.
... Then cable companies started charging a TON of money for a huge variety of channels we never watch.
... Then we turned to streaming companies like YouTube TV because they cost less (Still 100% commercial channels).
... Then the streaming companies jump nearly 60%... from a $30 bargain to $50... still far fewer channels than cable, but somewhat cheaper (Still 100% commercial channels).
... Now they jump another $15... because they added a few more commercial supported channels we still don't watch.
For what it's worth, I noticed that a lot of the commercial slots in YouTube TV are literally placeholders that say "commercial break"... likely unsold commercial space allocated by the networks for local.
They need to re-think their business model. We shouldn't pay to watch ads.
A $15 increase is not worth it. 100% of the channels have commercials.
I still can't figure out how the entire "Commercial TV" industry slowly creeped from free to paid models.
It started out pretty easy...
... We knew TV was free because it had commercials.
... We were willing pay for "Premium" channels like HBO because we knew there weren't any commercials.
... Then cable companies started charging a TON of money for a huge variety of channels we never watch.
... Then we turned to streaming companies like YouTube TV because they cost less (Still 100% commercial channels).
... Then the streaming companies jump nearly 60%... from a $30 bargain to $50... still far fewer channels than cable, but somewhat cheaper (Still 100% commercial channels).
... Now they jump another $15... because they added a few more commercial supported channels we still don't watch.
For what it's worth, I noticed that a lot of the commercial slots in YouTube TV are literally placeholders that say "commercial break"... likely unsold commercial space allocated by the networks for local.
They need to re-think their business model. We shouldn't pay to watch ads.
All in Euros.
France: 1521.22 pm
Germany: 1557.00 pm
Belgium 1593.81 pm
Uk: 1524.52 pm
NL: 1635.60pm
US: 1118.60pm
Well damn! I was just looking at FuboTV as a replacement. They're taking away Turner networks AND raising prices? Screw that.
I seriously am calling Comcast today and asking if they have a better deal. I have their internet anyway, so I'm hoping they will give me something better than YouTube TV is offering. If YouTube TV had NFL Network, I might consider staying. Now, I have no reason to stay.
Sure, except internet service in Bulgaria is about $10 per month. Lower wages means local companies will sell their stuff for a lot less if there’s competition - which there generally is in Europe.
I don’t even know what the appeal of these Live TV packages are at this point without any live sports for the past 3.5 months. I’m not sure this was the best timing.
MTV is just hobbling along at this point. I think the channel will eventually just go away as their programming is akin to the lowest of low material and they haven't been relative in decades now. They are pretty much a laughing stock in the music industry as the "Music" is no longer any part of their "Television."
I signed back up for cable a few weeks ago. Turns out it's cheaper now after I factored in the data cap I would need to have streaming. I'm still freaked out when I turn the TV on and there's something on the screen already. I keep thinking, has that been playing the whole time?
I did that deal like 4 times
But yes for those not living in the US. It is $65/month plus whatever your internet provider is charging you
I pay $30 a month for 25/MBs Internet. They bumped it to 100 mbs internet for a while then after a few months went up for $50 a month. Then. Few months later went up to $80/month just for internet. Called and got it back to 25 mbs per month for $30 at Comcast.
you only need 7 mbs for HD movies. 2 kids are always on YouTube or Netflix in different TVs. Honestly don’t notice a speed difference unless they are updating a video game on PlayStation.
also try sling it’s $15 bucks. Has local channels and news. The video quality is not as good as the other providers but it’s cheap
