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- YouTube TV now offers a dozen cheap subscription plans.
- You can choose from sports, entertainment or news plans.
- Each option saves between $5 and $20 per month.
If you only subscribe to YouTube TV for certain channels, like live sports, there’s a new option that can help you save some money.
The streaming TV service recently introduced a dozen different packages that are cheaper than the full-access plan — currently $83 per month. Instead of paying for everything, you can only pay for the channels you actually watch.
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The announcement comes shortly after YouTube launched Premium Lite, a cheaper version of the paid service that lets you watch ad-free on YouTube as well as background play and download videos. It’s probably no coincidence that YouTube is offering flexible pricing as streaming services have become more expensive and users have a lot of choices.
Neither option offers particularly big savings, ranging from about $5 to $20 per month. However, if you’re a long-term customer, those months add up. And, you still get all the other YouTube TV benefits like unlimited DVR and multiview. Additionally, if you are a first-time customer, there is a slight discount on each plan.
To sign up, go to youtube tv page When logging in, click on your profile picture in the top right and view Explore Plans.
Here are the plans available:
game plan ($65/month): The Sports plan gives you access to all major broadcasters as well as sports-specific networks like FS1 and NBC Sports Network, as well as all ESPN networks and ESPN Unlimited (a new service coming this fall that covers WWE, SEC, ACC and Big 12 football and basketball, as well as postseason events and studio shows).
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sports+news plan ($72/month): For an additional $7 per month ($2 per month for new users), you can get everything on the Sports Plan Plus national news networks like CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, Bloomberg, and Fox Business.
entertainment plan ($55/month): The Entertainment package gets you channels from all the major broadcasters as well as FX dramas, Hallmark Classics, Comedy Central, Bravo, Paramount, Food Network, HGTV, and more.
News + Entertainment + Family Planning ($70/month): Combining three popular tiers, this plan gives you family content like Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, National Geographic, Cartoon Network, PBS Kids, and more, along with news and entertainment plans.
You can also sign up for any of the eight other combinations of the above plans, including:
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- Sports + Entertainment: $72/month
- News + Entertainment: $63/month
- News + Family: $63/month
- Sports + Family: $72/month
- Entertainment + Family: $63/month
- Sports + News + Family: $78/month
- Sports + Entertainment + Family: $78/month
- Sports + News + Entertainment: $78/month
