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hey everyone it's Michael here and I'm
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back with your streaming TV news and
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updates for May 2024 starting with
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number one peacock's price high and both
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of peacock's monthly plans are
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increasing by $2 a month peacock premium
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is going to cost $7.99 a month and
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peacock premium plus $13.99 a month if
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you pay for peacock yearly you're not
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escaping the price py the annual plans
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they're both going up by $20 this was
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announced in late April but the price
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hike TI effect on July 18th for new
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peacock customers and the next billing
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date after August 17th for existing
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customers it's all happening ahead of
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the 2024 Paris Olympics which will be
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shown on peacock and when I posted about
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this price increase on my YouTube
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Community tab a few people told me they
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subscribed to Peacock just for various
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Sports peacock is focused a lot on
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Sports Programming and not just the
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exclusive NFL games that I've talked a
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lot about but just this month in May the
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Kentucky Derby and Indianapolis 500 if
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you watch this recent video of mine
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toward the end I shared how I'm
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concerned about the price hikes for
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OnDemand services like peacock because
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they're adding so much expensive Sports
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Programming to their plans peacock
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reportedly paid $110 million for that
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exclusive NFL wild card playoff game
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last season so they got to get their
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money back somehow now this price
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increase number two Paramount CEO steps
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down this is a fast developing story The
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the CEO Paramount out of a job as merger
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talks with Sky Dan media continue I try
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to keep these updates focused on
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consumers not business but of course
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I'll be keeping an eye on any changes to
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Paramount's Brands including Paramount
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plus and its cable TV networks a lot
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could happen in the months ahead during
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this era of mergers and consolidation
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number three fubo customers lose more
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channels another story just breaking at
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recording time fubo has lost Warner
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Brothers Discovery owned networks like
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Discovery t DC HGTV and Food Network
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fubo sent me this news release the live
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TV service said it was not able to reach
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a deal with Warner Brothers Discovery to
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renew its agreement for the Discovery
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Channels fubo said it also tried to get
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license rights back for TNT TBS and True
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TV the Turner netw works but it failed
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to do so you may recall fubo is suing
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over an upcoming sports streaming
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service The Joint vetcher from Disney
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Fox and Warner Brothers Discovery if you
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are a fubo subscriber affected by this
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change and you want the missing channels
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a lot of that content can now be found
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on Max number four Hulu lives free trial
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Hulu Plus live TV has brought back its
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free trial and I don't think the live TV
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streaming service has regularly offered
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a free trial since it added the Disney
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bundle to the service and that was back
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in late 2021 the free trial is for 3
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days only and Hulu live is a good
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alternative to YouTube TV number five
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YouTube TV's Library gets an upgrade I
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snapped a few pictures of YouTube TV's
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new library which a lot of people are
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complaining about online I actually
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think it's an improvement when you first
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open the library new for you is shown by
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default you can then use these various
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tabs along the top of the TV screen to
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narrow down to different types of
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recordings for example I clicked on
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series and here you see there are more
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options to reorder how the content is
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displayed alphabetical most popular
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recently recorded and more let me know
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what you think about the changes and if
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you've had any problems number six
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Comcast launches now prepaid plans it
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looks like the new now prepaid internet
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and phone plans from Comcast are
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officially available for purchase I've
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got a separate video that explains the
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new plans I'm most excited about the now
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internet plans there are two of them 100
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megabits per second for $30 a month 200
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megabits per second for $45 a month all
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in pricing unlimited data and Wi-Fi
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equipment included after my recent video
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a few people asked me if this is a 5G
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home internet service no it's not this
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is wired cable internet that you come to
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expect from Comcast and in addition to
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the now internet and phone plans the Now
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TV streaming service is still available
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that's $20 a month I reviewed this
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service last year you can check out my
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video it's a light version of Pho number
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seven the launch of broadband labels you
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may have noticed this when I was talking
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about the now internet plans Broadband
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fax labels are now required by the FCC
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and I like this it's going to make it
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easier to shop for internet plans
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comparing the cost and the performance
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take exfinity for example the label
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clearly shows the $45 month pricing is
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an introductory rate only for 12 months
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and then below that it clearly lists the
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normal rate $86 a month that's a big
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difference so instead of having to
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scroll down for the fine print you
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should be able to look for the Broadband
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fax label front and center and find
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everything you need to know I also want
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to mention I've got a new internet plan
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comparison tool on my website so if you
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or someone you know is shopping for a
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new plan enter your address at Michael
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saaf deals.com you can see your options
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there and for the month of May I've also
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got a special deal alert if you're
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looking for a phone plan Michael saves
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years can get either visible plan and
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save $10 a month for the first 3 months
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you won't find this from visible
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homepage but you can use the link on
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Michael saf deals.com and enter code
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Moola at checkout to get the discount
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give this video a like if you found it
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helpful and leave a comment below let me
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know what you're streaming throughout
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the month of May my name is Michael and
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I thank you for watching
