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Sep 9, 2024
Two price hike alerts, DIRECTV vs. Disney, viewer questions and deals of the month for September 2024! 🚨 Get the latest deals: https://michaelsavesdeals.com/ 📺 Compare live TV services: https://michaelsaves.com/streaming/best-live-tv-streaming/ 💻 Find a better internet plan: https://michaelsaves.com/internet-plan-comparison-tool/ Start your regular Amazon shopping with my link to support the channel: https://www.amazon.com/shop/michaelsaves CHAPTERS: 0:00 - 5:33 News Updates 5:34 - 8:46 Viewer Questions 8:47 - 10:08 Deals of the Month MY RELATED VIDEOS: My NFL Streaming Guide for 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx7s1DaGJyY DIRECTV vs Disney: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIJl0W2nfWI NEWS REPORTING: Disney price hike chart: https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/price-increase-disney-plus-hulu-espn-plus-2024-1236096956/ Philo refresh: https://thedesk.net/2024/09/philo-new-logo-updated-streaming-apps
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it's September 2024 and I'm back with
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the streaming TV news and updates that
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you need to know this video brought to
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you by Michael saves deals.com and
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starting off our video today with two
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price hike alerts the first is from
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Direct TV it also includes the Direct TV
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stream live TV service that I've
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reviewed on this channel and customers
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receive notifications of this rate
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increase right in the middle of a
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carriage dispute take a look I'm showing
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you the changes for Direct TV stream the
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entry-level entertainment plan it's
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increasing by $7 a month from
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$79.99 to $86.99 choice is Direct TV
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stream's most popular plan it includes
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rsns it's also increasing and is soon
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going to cost
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$14.99 a month and these changes take
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effect on or after October 6th if you
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have recently signed up for a direct TV
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stream deal don't worry they should
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honor that deal and with Direct TV
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stream there are no contracts so you can
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always cancel your plan before this new
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pricing starts I mentioned the carriage
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dispute it's ongoing at recording time
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Direct TV customers lost access to ESPN
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and other disney-owned networks during
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the start of college and pro football
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season I'm going to link below I've got
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a separate video and I share some of my
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thoughts on the dispute the second
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upcoming price hike to talk about well
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that one is from Disney and there are
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actually multiple price increases
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that'll take effect these start on
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October 17th the biggest one that's
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going to impact Hulu Plus live TV
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subscribers the monthly price for the
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base plan increases from
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$76.99 to
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$82.99 and that's the plan that includes
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the Disney bundle with ads variety has a
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nice Roundup of some of the other
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increases Standalone Disney Plus Hulu
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and ESPN plus all going up as well as
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the Disney bundle for many subscribers
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what's not increasing the new Disney
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Plus Hulu and Max bundle that starts at
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$16.99 a month now these price hikes for
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Direct TV stream and Hulu live they're
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just the two latest examples of why
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consumers need more flexible options
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that's something that Direct TV says
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it's fighting for in its dispute with
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Disney I've been helping people cut the
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chord since 2016 so I covered the
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launches of Direct TV stream and Hulu
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live with these latest inrees both
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Services have more than doubled from
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their launch prices now back when these
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Services launched people were
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complaining about paying for channels
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that they don't watch but these
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complaints they've only grown louder
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over the years and in this recent
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dispute between Direct TV and Disney
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some people still don't understand why
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they pay for ESPN plus but then can't
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access all of esbn content the pay TV
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bundle has been profitable for
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Distributors and content companies
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because because consumers pay for 100 or
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more channels even if they only watch 5
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or 10 more flexible bundles would be
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better for consumers most likely not for
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business so as long as things stay the
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way they are now I expect YouTube TV is
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going to be a better value compared to
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services like Direct TV stream and Hulu
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live and mainly I say that because of
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Google's Deep Pockets just recently
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YouTube TV began offering 3 weeks free
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and a discount on the first four mon of
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service I know a lot of Direct TV and
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Direct TV stream customers are trying it
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out one flexible option that some people
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were looking forward to it's not
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happening at least not for now and
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that's venue Sports the joint venture
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from Disney Fox and Warner Brothers
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Discovery a federal judge temporarily
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blocked this service from launching and
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that is after the live TV service fubo
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sued over antitrust concerns an appeal
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is underway and I'm going to keep you
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posted on any changes so this is
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probably a good time for me to tell you
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that I've got a separate video on NFL
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streaming changes so I'm not going to
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cover that in this video but you don't
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have to pay $800 to stream the NFL check
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out my video and save some money let's
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keep moving and if you've been taking
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advantage of Max's BR Sports add-on for
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live games you may have to actually
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start paying for it soon it's been
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included at no extra charge since it
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launched and that was last October but
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there's been some reporting lately that
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Max plans to start charging for it no
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official announcement at recording time
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but if this happens expect the add-on to
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cost around $10 a month I know there are
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a lot of Pho fans who watch my videos
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the live TV service offers 70
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entertainment and lifestyle channels $28
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a month here's the Services New Look
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what do you think about it the desk.
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reports the new logo and user interface
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improvements are part of a major brand
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overhaul more details to come I'm I'm
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going to link below to this reporting
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there's a new streaming device to tell
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you about this is the Google TV streamer
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it cost $99.99 and it's available for
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pre-order at the time of this recording
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from what I've read this looks like a
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new and improved version of chomecast
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with Google TV I bought one of those a
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few years ago worked out pretty good
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with this higher price tag the Google TV
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streamer is going to be competing more
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with the Roku Ultra and Apple TV 4K I'm
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not going to be getting one I'm cutting
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back on my Google owned products and
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services but let me know if you get one
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and how it works out in this next
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section I want to answer four great
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questions that I've gotten recently and
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I could use your help especially with
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the first one check out this chart from
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just watch they sent this along to me
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about the state of the streaming Market
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it covers subscription video on demand
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services and is based on 13 million
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monthly users of justat and as you can
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see here Prime video and Netflix they're
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right at the top that brings me to an
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email I got recently it's from an Amazon
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Prime subscriber they like to watch
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football but haven't really dug into
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Prime videos streaming library and to be
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honest I'm in the same spot I rarely sit
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down and stream Prime video you can see
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that from my dashboard Amazon Prime is a
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service that I want to try living
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without for a while since it's pretty
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expensive $139 for the year I've already
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cancelled and it expires next month but
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to help the person who emailed me drop a
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comment let me know the best content to
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watch on Prime video shows movies any
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recommendations besides Thursday Night
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Football thanks a lot next up someone
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sent me a message asking the best time
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to cancel Hulu in order to take
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advantage of the upcoming Black Friday
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deal now I don't have a deal confirmed
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at this time but Hulu usually offers one
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for new and returning subscribers I look
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back on my deal alert video from last
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year and the fine print shows that a
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return subscriber is someone who has not
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been with Hulu in the past month so you
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may want to cancel a month before Black
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Friday if you're looking forward to that
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deal now of course there are other
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workarounds like using a spouse's email
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address or a secondary one that you
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create I hope this answers the question
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and I hope you'll remember Michael saaf
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deals.com before you sign up for a new
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service I got an email the other day
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from someone who wants news networks but
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doesn't want to spend a fortune so I've
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got some good news and some bad news
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first the good news and there are lots
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of free news options if you just want
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the headlines ABC News live NBC News Now
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CBS 247 just a few right there plus your
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local news probably has a free app or a
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live stream on its website the bad news
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is that if you want the cable news
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networks like CNN Fox News and MSNBC you
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may still end up with a bundle sling
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blue has all three and some more for $40
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a month outside of an expensive bundle
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some content from cable news networks is
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ending up on streaming services like CNN
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on Max and MSNBC on peacock and you can
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also find clips and highlights from news
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channels on YouTube that's free a new
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YouTube TV subscriber reached out
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they've customized their live guide but
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the changes aren't showing up on their
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TV set so here's what to do just a quick
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reminder after you've customized your
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YouTube TV live guide from either your
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phone or a computer computer you need to
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go back to your TV set and refresh the
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guide click the menu scene here and
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select custom to see your new guide if
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the changes that you made aren't
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reflected the first time use your remote
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and click on custom again that should
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refresh it and do the trick I know it's
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a little confusing but I hope this helps
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this might be the best time ever to
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switch wireless networks and save money
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I've got three examples and the third
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one is my favorite for a lot of people
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watching this channel first is mint
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mobile and they still have the new
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customer offer for everyone but if you
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are switching from Verizon or AT&T you
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can get up to four additional lines free
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that is for the first 3 months only mint
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is now owned by T-Mobile visible by
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Verizon has its own deal if you're a
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T-Mobile customer switch and pay $15 a
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month for 5 years that's a $10 monthly
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savings over the base plan then there's
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this deal from Total Wireless owned by
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Verizon if you switch from T-Mobile Mint
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or Metro you can pay $15 a month per
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line and that price is guaranteed for 5
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years you must bring two or more lines
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to get this deal I've tested all three
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of these services and I think they're
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all good options if you want to keep
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your existing phone but if you're
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thinking about a new phone maybe a new
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iPhone providers like Xfinity mobile
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tend to offer very good discounts on
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devices and the plan price is cheaper
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than Verizon I've got all the updates
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for you on Michael saves deals.com
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thanks for watching today and I'll see
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you back here next time