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the summer pause from live TV it's one
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of the tips that I've shared on this
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channel year after year and it saved me
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a whole lot of money too but this year I
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didn't cancel my live TV plan no it's
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not because I forgot i've actually had
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the same service since the NFL season
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ended and it's working out a whole lot
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better than I expected now for the first
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time in years I feel like I'm actually
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getting my money's worth from a live TV
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plan imagine that so here's what I've
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got for you today i'm going to break
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down my summer streaming TV setup and
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share the ways that you can save too
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whether you cancel live TV or not all
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right so there's less sports not as many
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new shows and honestly I'm just not
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spending as much time inside during the
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summer those are the reasons why I
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typically cancel live TV and keep it
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simple let's talk strategy and in years
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past it was pretty straightforward
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cancel YouTube TV or a similar service
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then rotate in standalone apps Netflix
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HBO Max sometimes a third service that I
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picked up during a Black Friday deal and
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in addition to a few standalone apps I
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rounded out the summer strategy with an
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antenna for locals and I'm not the only
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one over the years a lot of my viewers
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have told me they do some version of
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this too especially during the
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summertime you can't argue with the math
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it worked save money and at today's
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prices that can really add up fast 3
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months without YouTube TV at $83 a month
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double that if you can stretch out your
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pause to half of the year that's the
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context so now let's talk about what's
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different this year at a time when more
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than a quarter of people don't watch
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live TV why am I keeping my live TV plan
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this summer it's not because of YouTube
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TV's new discount we'll talk about that
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later it's because a live TV plan I've
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been testing since February is actually
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doing something others have failed to do
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it stopped me from pausing or cancelling
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you may have heard me talk about Direct
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TV's My Entertainment Plan before so I
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won't recap too much this plan is $35 a
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month at recording time what YouTube TV
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cost when it first launched now you
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don't get everything no locals and no
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sports it's a skinny bundle a mix of
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about 40 cable entertainment and news
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networks but what makes it work is the
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perks multiple perks disney Plus Hulu
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and Max they're apps that I've leaned on
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during previous summers anyway and now
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instead of rotating them in separately
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they're just part of the Direct TV plan
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i have noticed a change in behavior
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though i'm spending more time with those
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included apps than I am in the DirecTV
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guide but at least so far the bundle is
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still worth it the math is what changed
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my mind and my summer strategy take a
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look here purchased separately disney
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Plus Hulu and Max are sold in a bundle
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without live TV and it starts at $16.99
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a month so it's about half the cost of
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the $35 Direct TV plan that includes all
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three of those apps so for the spring
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and summer I've been going allin on the
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My Entertainment plan and so far I
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haven't felt the need to sign up for
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other apps not even Netflix direct TV is
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not the only one doing this other live
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TV services are also leaning in to this
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more creative form of bundling hulu Live
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includes the Disney bundle and Pho now
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comes with AMC Plus it's a new phase of
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bundling old school live TV combined
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with modern streaming apps i hear you
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not everyone wants a skinny bundle some
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people want a big bundle year round and
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I was just reminded of this recently in
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fact I was the first to share news of a
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surprise YouTube TV discount for
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existing users log in from a computer
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check your settings and you may see $60
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off youtube TV clearly trying to stop
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people from shopping around and based on
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the comments of my recent video it seems
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to be working even if you're keeping
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YouTube TV or a similar service the
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summer is still a great time to
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experiment you can try what I call a
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streaming swap kind of hard to say here
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are a couple ideas cancel one of your
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paid standalone apps and see if you can
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find the content you like on free
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platforms tuby Pluto the Roku channel
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there's others too or if you think you
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may cancel live TV sometime down the
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road make a list of your must-have
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channels pick one channel and try to
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find its content on free or lowerc cost
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apps there's more out there than you may
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think especially for news true crime
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home cooking and reality more to come on
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this in a new series I'm working on for
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now though I'm going to enjoy the setup
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i've got a summer streaming mix that
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does include live TV for a change and if
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you are looking for a paid service check
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your inbox or credit card perks there
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could be a deal waiting for you there
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and of course I've got you covered on
