YouTube TV Raises Costs to $73 a Month

YouTube TV — a CNET Editor’s Alternative award decide — is elevating its costs from $65 a month to $73 a month, the service stated Thursday. New subscribers might be charged the upper worth beginning now, whereas current subscribers might be charged the up to date worth beginning April 18.

“As content material prices have risen and we proceed to spend money on our high quality of service, we’ll be adjusting our month-to-month price … to convey you the very best TV service,” YouTube TV wrote on Twitter, saying it is the primary enhance in three years.

Although YouTube TV stated new subscribers might be charged the upper worth beginning now, the service is providing those self same subscribers $10 off their first three months of the bottom YouTube TV plan. Which means new subscribers will successfully be charged $63 for his or her first three months earlier than the worth reverts again to $73 a month.

YouTube TV additionally stated it was reducing the worth of its 4K Plus add-on to $10 a month. This service price $20 a month beforehand.

Some individuals on Twitter speculated that this worth enhance was resulting from NFL Sunday Ticket coming to YouTube. Nonetheless, YouTube responded to those claims saying this worth enhance is due to “the broader rise of content material prices,” not due to Sunday Ticket. 

Brent Lawton, vp of media technique and enterprise improvement on the NFL, stated in December that Sunday Ticket can be a further price on high of YouTube TV. Peter King, from NBC Sports activities, estimated the price of Sunday Ticket might be round $300, however there is no official determine hooked up to the subscription presently.

For extra, this is what it’s essential to learn about YouTube TV’s Multiview in March Insanity and how YouTube TV compares to Hulu Plus Stay TV.

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