2+ hour, 12+ min ago   (427+ words) This week, YouTube TV is rolling out several new offerings aimed at paring down its bloated base package to give consumers more affordable, genre-targeted options. Let's begin with the Sports Plan. YouTube TV's Sports Plan clocks in at a price…...

21+ hour, 8+ min ago   (235+ words) There's never a dull moment on the sports media beat, and that's true even immediately following the conclusion of a Super Bowl. The price point marks a 22% discount from YouTube TV's base package, which includes numerous entertainment and news channels…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (380+ words) As WWE's Royal Rumble approaches on Saturday, the availability of ESPN Unlimited has once again come into focus, particularly for Comcast and YouTube TV, two of the largest pay-TV distributors in the country that lack access to ESPN's premium tier....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (333+ words) Sling TV has won another favorable court ruling over the sale of short-term "Day Passes" to consumers. The Dish-owned virtual pay TV platform was given a positive ruling earlier this week against Warner Bros. Discovery, the second major content provider…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (185+ words) Still, it tells us something about how the trends are, well, trending in the industry. For one, it's another data point that shows that the rate of decline in cable television is slowing. Charter, for instance, posted losses of just…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (507+ words) Disney's ESPN lost its effort to prevent DISH's streaming service Sling Orange from selling daily and weekend passes. A federal court judge today in an 11-page ruling denied Disney's motion for an injunction against Sling Orange, which is a sports…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (289+ words) ESPN and YouTube TV are deadlocked in an endless carriage dispute. And while there are many variables that will decide when, where, and how a deal gets done, one potentially forgotten element is ESPN's new direct-to-consumer platform, ESPN Unlimited. From…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (750+ words) For more than a decade after I graduated from college, I had DirecTV. I've been without it for eight years now. I miss it sometimes. My style was ninja flipping channels. Many of you, I suspect, were or are the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (276+ words) Earlier this week, a report emerged that YouTube TV was demanding lower prices than every other major distributor for access to Disney's suite of television networks. Now, the Google-owned platform is clarifying exactly what that means. In total, Comcast, Charter,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (357+ words) Should Disney capitulate and give YouTube TV a better price than the other three distributors, Disney's prior carriage agreements with Comcast, Charter, and DirecTV would almost certainly trigger "Most Favored Nations" clauses within those contracts. As a result, Disney would…...