YouTube TV is not only a threat to cable but online streaming services too

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YouTube TV is not only a threat to cable but online streaming services tooAt an event in Los Angeles recently, YouTube reported its own streaming TV service. The offering will blend live-streams of broadcast and satellite television programming with the abundance of online video found on YouTube
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What amount does it cost?

An outward look at YouTube TV could make you shrug with indifference. It costs $35 every month for a family plan of six accounts and is set to start broadcasting 40 directs beginning in a few months. These stations incorporate ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, the CW, ESPN, USA, Bravo, E, MSNBC, Fox News, Disney Channel, FX and local stations. It's not accessible in India and the organization will launch this in the Asian market after US. Though it’s still not sure when.

Pause it for 6 months

YouTube TV won't require a contract or commitment and can be scratched off without a fee. It can likewise be paused and will even delay automatically if no one logs into it for three months from their home zip code. So you're paying $35 every month, except you can delay it for, say, six months and not pay for those months, then resume it later. On the off chance that you or your family members don't sign in from your home zip code for three months, YouTube TV will stop charging your credit card until you re-activate it.

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At the point when the world's biggest online video content organization chooses to turn out and launch its own particular TV subscription service, including looked for after live sports content, it's not just the traditional pay TV industry which should be concerned, but the streaming goliaths as well.

The bottom line is cable has lost all the exclusive shows to these online streaming websites, to become a ‘live event broadcaster’. Soon the internet problem will be gone, infrastructure will get strong, TV will become history. Makes me nostalgic.