Does anyone know how accessable this is and I see it is available in a city near me. I live in a small town near that city so I'm assuming I wouldn't be able to get it. Anyone know if they plan to expand to small towns? I would love to have a streaming tv service that has local channels. Thanks
On 8/18/17, Greg Wocher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I was looking at this yesterday because it is finally in my area. The > problem for me is that it is missing channels I like. It does not have TNT, > The Discovery channel and The History channel. Those are some of my favorite > channels. > > Regards, > Greg Wocher > >> On Aug 17, 2017, at 8:08 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> CNET News - Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 10:00 AM >> YouTube TV adds 14 cities, now available to half of US homes - CNET >> Watch out cable TV, YouTube is coming to get you. And now it's after your >> paying subscribers in Boston, Tampa, Seattle and 11 other cities. >> YouTube TV, Google's live TV streaming service that costs $35 per month, >> is >> available in 14 more US cities starting Thursday. Combined with the 15 >> cities already served, half of the households in America can now >> subscribe >> to YouTube TV. >> The service also adds national news network Newsy and the Tennis Channel >> to >> its slate of 50-odd live channels today, as well as Boston's NESN, home >> of >> Red Sox baseball. Coming soon are My TV and CW networks in select >> markets. >> (The CW network is a joint venture of CBS, the owner of CNET, and Warner >> Bros.) >> But Google's expanding venture into pay TV won't stop there. In "the >> coming >> weeks" YouTube TV says it will add 17 more markets including Denver, >> Cleveland and St. Louis, bringing its total to 46 markets and 64 percent >> of >> US households. See below for a full list of the new cities. >> Not to be confused with the free YouTube you know from countless how-to, >> music and cat-related videos, YouTube TV is one of a growing number of >> options aimed at cord cutters and "cord nevers" seeking an alternative to >> traditional cable TV. >> Like competitors DirecTV Now, Hulu with Live TV, PlayStation Vue and >> Sling >> TV, it streams live and on-demand TV over the internet to TVs, phones and >> computers, with no contracts. These services range in price from $20 to >> $40 >> per month and offer some combination of national channels (ESPN, Bravo, >> FX, >> MSNBC) as well as local (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC). >> A locals-first strategy aimed at millennials >> The biggest difference between those other four live TV streaming >> services >> and YouTube TV is a focus on local channels. Like the others it has a >> solid >> if not comprehensive array of national networks such as ESPN and FX, but >> unlike its competitors, YouTube TV is not available nationwide. Unless >> you >> live in one of those 29 (soon to be 46) markets, you can't subscribe to >> the >> service. >> If you're used to internet video being available everywhere, that can >> seem >> like a pretty big problem. But for YouTube TV it's a strategy. I asked >> Kelly >> Merryman, managing director of content partnerships at YouTube, about its >> unique approach. >> "We want to make sure we have at least three of the four broadcasters >> live >> on a local basis, getting those affiliate deals done so we could provide >> great local coverage. We're really focused on the top 50 DMAs and >> lighting >> those up," she says, referring to Direct Market Areas, as measured by >> Nielsen. >> >> A focus on live local TV channels is YouTube TV's biggest differentiator. >> >> Sarah Tew/CNET >> In other words, YouTube TV will only launch in cities where it can offer >> three or four local broadcasters -- ABC, CBS, Fox and/or NBC. Nineteen of >> its 29 markets have all four, with the other 10 missing just one. People >> in >> Dallas can't get their local ABC station on YouTube TV, for example, and >> Seattle subscribers miss out on Fox (bummer, Seahawks fans). Check out my >> updated local channel chart for details. >> There's a big difference between local and national channels. Nationwide >> channels like AMC, TNT and The Disney Channel offer one or two national >> feeds (a second one is sometimes time-shifted for west coast viewing), >> but >> local stations typically air news and other programming endemic to the >> area, >> in addition to programs from the big four networks. Because most local >> stations, aka network affiliates, are owned by companies other than one >> of >> the big four networks in question, they usually require separate >> contracts >> with providers such as streaming services, cable systems and satellite >> networks. >> YouTube TV's locals-first approach means users won't have to worry about >> missing one of those networks. Or at least, more than one of them. >> "When we first launched this service we spent a lot of time with our >> users >> trying to understand what they were seeking," says Merryman. "What we >> heard >> is that they were seeking a service that leaned into both local and live. >> We >> wanted to prove that that was what was missing, and what was necessary to >> reach this millennial audience." >> And Merryman says it's working so far. The majority of YouTube TV >> subscribers are millennials, and the majority of content subscribers >> watch >> on the service is live, as opposed to on-demand or recorded on the cloud >> DVR, she says. YouTube declined to provide specific numbers, however, and >> also wouldn't say how many subscribers it had or how many hours per day >> people watched. >> The battle to stream the big four networks >> All five live TV streaming services continue to add local channels, and >> signing them up has become an arms race. According to my running tally, >> with >> this expansion, YouTube now has more total local channels (105) than >> DirecTV >> Now, although it still trails Hulu and PlayStation Vue. Its impending >> 17-city expansion would vault it into first place if Hulu and Vue stand >> still, but that's not happening. >> Hulu, the last of the five to launch, is now in the lead with 200 local >> channels as of today, 119 of which are CBS stations. PS Vue's latest >> local >> channel expansion of 11 ABC and four NBC local stations brings its total >> to >> 186 by my count. DirecTV Now recently announced the impending addition of >> 14 >> CBS stations, filling the biggest hole in its lineup, and plans to have >> 170 >> by this fall. Even laggard Sling TV recently added a local channel, NBC >> in >> Boston. >> YouTube TV's local channel advantage over the others shows up best in >> cities >> such as Baltimore, Minneapolis and San Antonio, where it's the only one >> to >> offer all four locals. In many such places its competitors have two or >> three, at best. >> Signing up Sinclair >> One of the biggest reasons YouTube TV is able to expand local coverage is >> a >> new partnership with Sinclair Broadcast Group, the nation's largest owner >> of >> local broadcast stations, which was also announced Thursday. >> "We believe that our viewers want the ability to access content on any >> screen and having this relationship with YouTube will provide value to >> not >> only our viewers, but our advertising relationships as well," said Barry >> Faber, Sinclair's executive vice president for distribution and network >> relations in a statement. "We appreciate that Google, the owner of >> YouTube >> TV, recognized the importance of carrying all of the local broadcast >> affiliates to their effort to attract subscribers to this new service." >> The agreement says that all of Sinclair's ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC >> affiliates >> will appear on YouTube TV as that service launches in a market. Sinclair >> also owns the Tennis Channel, and its My TV and CW affiliates will appear >> on >> YouTube TV soon, along with Comet TV. >> Sinclair has also made deals with other streaming providers, but not to >> the >> same extent as YouTube TV. A Sinclair representative told CNET that >> currently Fox and CBS affiliates are available on PlayStation Vue, and >> ABC >> stations are available on DirecTV Now, but no Sinclair stations are >> available on either Hulu or Sling TV. >> Indeed, Sinclair is set to get even bigger: It owns more than 170 local >> channels and is currently buying Tribune Media, which owns 39 more. But >> that >> increasingly large national footprint is not without controversy. HBO's >> John >> Oliver dedicated the bulk of his July 2 episode to detailing the >> company's >> drive to make its local newscasts more friendly to conservative causes, >> while a more recent New York Times report documented what it called the >> company's "increasingly tight relationship with the FCC" -- the arm of >> the >> Trump administration responsible for approving the Tribune deal. >> Sinclair and YouTube declined to comment about those reports for this >> article. >> >> Right now you have to use a phone and a device like a Chromecast to watch >> on >> an actual TV. That's changing soon. >> Sarah Tew/CNET >> What's next for YouTube? Big-screen apps >> YouTube TV's accent on local TV could pay off, but according to Merryman >> its >> next focus after expanding to more cities will be on improving how people >> actually use the service. >> "What we're hearing is that it's a great UI, that they love the variety >> of >> programming, but they really are seeking a better living room >> experience," >> she said. "So that has been an area that we've really focused on." >> Right now YouTube TV is very phone-centric. It has Android and iOS apps >> for >> phones and tablets, and can also stream to computers, but the only way to >> watch on an actual big-screen TV is with a Google Chromecast or AirPlay >> via >> an Apple TV, both of which require you to use your phone as the remote >> control. By comparison, all of YouTube TV's competitors have real, >> big-screen apps on TV-connected platforms and devices like game consoles, >> Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Android TV. >> When I asked about those platforms Merryman didn't confirm any specifics, >> beyond saying "this fall we'll be rolling out a number of different >> living >> room solutions." Stay tuned. >> YouTube TV's aggressive expansion provides yet another alternative for >> millions more Americans who want to watch their shows but don't want to >> subscribe to cable. With its accent on local channels and other cool >> features like an unlimited cloud DVR, it's an increasingly strong player >> in >> the next generation of television. >> The 14 new markets that get YouTube TV today: >> . Baltimore >> . Boston >> . Cincinnati >> . Columbus, Ohio >> . Jacksonville-Brunswick >> . Las Vegas >> . Louisville >> . Memphis >> . Nashville >> . Pittsburgh >> . San Antonio >> . Seattle-Tacoma >> . Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota >> . West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce >> The 17 additional markets available in "the coming weeks": >> . Austin >> . Birmingham >> . Cleveland-Akron >> . Denver >> . Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek >> . Greensboro-High Point-Winston Salem >> . Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York >> . Hartford-New Haven >> . Indianapolis >> . Kansas City >> . Milwaukee >> . Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News >> . Oklahoma City >> . Raleigh-Durham >> . Salt Lake City >> . San Diego >> . 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