ESPN on YTTV
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I got an error when trying to view any of the ESPNs so I just canceled YTTV and switched to Hulu Live
They’ll work it out. They have to. No streaming service can make it without carrying ESPN and ESPN knows that. The thing that sucks is that the increased cost will just be passed to the subscribers.
That is what Disney wants you to do. Me I am going back to shady Russian streaming sites. Disney has gotten their last penny from me.
And we'll all soon be paying exactly what we were paying before cutting the cord. And the providers will be making more profit, because now they don't have to worry about maintaining equipment in your home. It was all too good to be true
I agree. They had an awful time to negotiate this with bowl season and college basketball.
Putting on my tin foil hat here.. but Disney has a 67% ownership stake in Hulu and a small ownership stake in FubuTV. Don’t think it’s too unreasonable to say that Disney is the one playing hardball here with YouTube TV
I just signed up for sling. They have a $20 package with all the sports channels for the first month. I only have YTTV to watch sports and for my kids to watch Disney
First of all, DIRECTV stream is really good for anyone looking to switch. I prefer it to Hulu, though it is a bit higher price. I think but cannot swear the picture is better (and that could be a difference in my settings between them), and I know the interface is preferable to me.
Secondly- I’m paying about as much for DIRECTV stream as I used to pay for dish network, so ”one day” is here.
Also, if I didn’t need live sports, I’d be tickled to death to just pay for a couple streaming services and borrow a couple more.
Secondly- I’m paying about as much for DIRECTV stream as I used to pay for dish network, so ”one day” is here.
Also, if I didn’t need live sports, I’d be tickled to death to just pay for a couple streaming services and borrow a couple more.
YouTube said you can get the Disney Bundle and you will get "most" of the channels. What they don't tell you is that you don't get any of the ESPN channels other than ESPN+. I had AT&T UVerse but it got to be too expensive, and I didn't need over 400 channels. So I switched to YouTube about a month ago. I guess I will probably switch to the AT&T Streaming Service, since I have my other services with them. I really thought YouTube actually had a better quality picture than AT&T had (DirectTV, UVerse or what used to be DirecTV Now). I think it's because YouTube doesn't have to compress their signals. Oh well, it is what it is in the TV provider world.
I chose hulu live with the Disney espn bundle over YouTube tv a couple years ago. Looks like I chose wisely.
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Disney says yes it is. Come on over. We're in no hurry to settle with Youtube
Disney owns Hulu
There are plenty of articles online and several industry people have commented in videos.
The magic number is about 50mil subs through live TV options such as cable, dish/satellite, and live streaming services. Until they get to that number from the current 70+mil, they are making more money without the app.
For any of you planning to leave YTTV be sure to log into your account before you do and change your phone number on the account to somebody you hate, otherwise they will start hounding you multiple times a week to sign up again. That ***** at work I can't stand just can't figure out why she gets all those telemarketing calls from Comcast
That's anti competitive behavior and I'm certain the DOJ is already starting to look at this
I was really interested in DTV stream earlier today, but by the time you get hit with the $85 monthly fee, $15-20 for the receivers, and $10 for cloud storage, it’s like we’re right back to the cable days.
Out of curiosity, what is the deal with needing these physical receivers? Do they not have apps like everyone else?
Out of curiosity, what is the deal with needing these physical receivers? Do they not have apps like everyone else?
You don't have to use DTVs streaming device. You can stream on your on device using their App
Well, if someone is a slave to the TV and has to have all these particular packages to get all these specific channel, why shouldn't they expect to be paying about the same as cable for the same thing? It's all and only about the choices one makes
Let's just hope one day that both Google and Disney start to turn a profit so we don't have to worry about their periodic catfights.
I doubt that the DOJ cares. There seems to be no interest in using anti-trust legislation to benefit consumers and the incredible money used to lobby our government and the revolving door between government and industry means consumers are at the mercy to a large degree on what massive corporations do. Consolidations and mergers are celebrated on Wall Street. Disney just needs to announce some new new diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and they'd be adored by half the country. Plus, one party is theoretically opposed to regulations on business and has elected leaders who just complain on twitter (that keeps the proles happy). Disney has power, a lot of it. So does Google but I'm not sure how profitable YouTube TV is for Google. We're not dealing with businessmen who mingle with the locals at the county fair. I'll likely switch to some other service if nothing's resolved in a few days, say bye to unlimited DVR (that's a pretty cool feature), and end up with something that gives me a bunch of channels I don't want just to have access to the few I actually watch.
Yes the unlimited DVR is a great feature. I also read that a lot of the other streaming services won't let you skip commercials during playback. If so, that's a major problem for just switching to something else.
Got tired of waiting on YTTV. Tried to upgrade my Hulu membership to include live tv but they are having issues processing plan upgrades right now. Just signed up for Fubo TV free trial. So far so good. UI for the Apple TV app is solid. Will see how it goes.
Yeah YouTube needs to hurry up and get this figured out. Started my 7 day Hulu trial and not a fan of their guide. Guess I am just used to youtubetv