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you know since its launch hulu's live tv
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streaming service has been
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my favorite but not anymore and in
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today's video i'm going to share why
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i was wrong about hulu live tv and the
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three things that hulu can do
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to turn it around not just for me but
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if this is your first time here welcome
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my name is michael this is the michael
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saves youtube channel
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and for the past few years i have been
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reviewing live tv streaming services to
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cut the cord and save money so if that's
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something you're into
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please like this video and consider
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subscribing this is going to be my
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updated hulu live tv review and the
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service first launched in 2017
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and at the time i was really excited
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brought together the best of live tv
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local stations along with hulu's
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included at no additional charge now
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i've tested hulu and all of the other
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live tv streaming services
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multiple times typically what i do i
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subscribe to one or two per month
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just to update my content here on
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youtube but also on my website
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michaelsaves.com and for the first
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couple years with hulu i was always
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really happy to return to hulu because
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it was a good value but my opinion has
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changed more recently
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to explain why i was wrong about hulu
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live we're going to take a step back and
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look at the pricing history of hulu live
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compared to its main competitor
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youtube tv check this out hulu live and
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both launched in 2017. youtube tv
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started at 35 a month and hulu live
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a month fast forward to 2018 and in
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youtube tv started the whole price hike
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thing when it added new channels and
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raised its starting price
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to forty dollars a month that brought it
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to the same price as hulu live
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but this is a good year for hulu
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subscribers because its base plan
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remained at forty dollars
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the entire year but in 2019 that all
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hulu live increased from forty dollars
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to forty five dollars a month
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in february next up youtube tv hiked its
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price from forty dollars to fifty
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dollars a month but hulu live wouldn't
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remain cheaper than youtube tv
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for long because it raised its prices
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again in december from 45
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to 55 now that meant hulu live went from
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at the beginning of 2019 all the way up
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at the end of the year now let's get to
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youtube tv added more channels and
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increased its price by
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15 a month from 50 to 65
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that was back in june and in december
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the latest price hike hulu lives price
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a month to 65 the services are now
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the same price up until hulu's latest
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i thought it was a good value and pretty
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much a toss-up between
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hulu live and youtube tv it all depended
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on the channels you were looking for and
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you put into the hulu on-demand library
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included at no additional cost
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but now i think it's not even close and
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with all of those price hikes that i
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just outlined youtube tv
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added channels but that has not always
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with hulu live now here's where i was
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wrong i always thought that since hulu
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disney that it might be able to better
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programming costs because disney owns
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espn abc and the disney channel
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a lot of you guys already know that espn
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is the most expensive cable network for
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distributors to carry and that means if
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it's taking up a big chunk of your paid
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whether you're paying for cable
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satellite or a live tv streaming service
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now let's face it youtube tv and hulu
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premium live tv streaming services if
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budget is top of mind
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you want to go to sling but i do think
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that there are a few things that hulu
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live could be doing for its customers
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to help make it a better value compared
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this is my hulu live wish list
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number one add more channels and don't
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viacom cbs channels or league networks
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both would be good place to
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start youtube tv has them and as of this
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hulu live does not number two include a
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third stream at no extra charge
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hulu live includes two streams but you
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extra for its unlimited screens add-on
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if hulu offered three streams it would
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match youtube tv and be a better fit for
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larger households and number three
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improve the base plan dvr
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you can't beat youtube tv's unlimited
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dvr but it would be a good step if hulu
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increased its base plan from 50 hours to
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and made it so you can fast forward
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through commercials right now hulu
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offers 200 hours of dvr
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and ad skipping but only with its
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add-on comment below if there's anything
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that you would add to this wish list now
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i am recording this video one day before
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hulu live's december 2020 price increase
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and news of that price increase went out
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about a month before it went into effect
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i reached out to hulu a few times by
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and by phone over the past few weeks
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i wanted to ask them would they be
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adding any more channels or any more
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another price increase no one from hulu
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responded to answer my questions and in
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hulu has never responded to any of my
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over the years i could say a lot more
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about that but instead i will say this
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thank you to the media contacts at
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fubo tv tvision philo as well as at t
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tv now thank you for always responding
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emails and answering the questions that
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people are leaving here on my youtube
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because when you're answering my
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questions you're answering the questions
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of the subscribers to your services
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i appreciate your professionalism over
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and as far as hulu live tv is concerned
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i know that many of you
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are going to stay with the service even
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if they don't add any more channels or
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after this price hike but what i'm going
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consider stopping and starting your
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this is something that hulu has
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recommended in its notifications about
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price hikes in the past
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take a look this is from hulu back in
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if you love college football choose hulu
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during the season then switch to one of
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hulu's less expensive on-demand plans
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when it is over if you enjoy most of
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but really want to watch live election
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news to switch to hulu plus live tv
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for a few months now that is good advice
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from hulu and i go into more detail on
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how you can control your overall
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streaming tv costs by switching up your
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bundle throughout the year
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it is in my video about the number one
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mistake that cord cutters make
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after canceling cable tv if you've got
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any thoughts on what i've said in
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leave a comment below i love to respond
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and thank you for watching this video
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i'll see you next time here on michael
