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hey everyone back with your streaming TV
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news and updates for February 2025
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support the channel visit Michael saves
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deals.com I know it's only February but
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2025 is already shaping up to be a
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highly disruptive year for streaming TV
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so let me get you caught up and we'll
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talk about why it matters to you first
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I've got to take you back to December
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12th that's when YouTube TV announced a
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$10 a month price increase and for most
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current users this took effect in
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January if you haven't checked out my
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separate video on how to delay the price
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increase for 6 months I'll leave a link
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to that below you can watch it after
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this video that is the context YouTube
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TV's full cable 2.0 bundle goes to $83 a
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month then here's a timeline of
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everything that happened next January 6
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2025 Disney announces a deal to combine
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the businesses of Hulu Plus live TV and
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fubo according to this agreement Disney
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will own 70% of fubo but fbu's
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management team will run the combined
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business with 6.2 million users fubo
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also settled its litigation against
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Disney over venue Sports days later on
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January 10th venue Sports announced that
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the skinny Sports bundle from ESPN Fox
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and Warner Brothers Discovery was
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cancelled venue was supposed to launch
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last fall at 4 $43 a month also in
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January fubo announced plans to launch
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its own venue like bundle of sports
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channels but two competitors beat fubo
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to it first on January 14th Direct TV
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stream launched a new no contract
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streaming plan this one called my sports
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it's a skinny bundle of mostly sports
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channels plus some news $70 a month
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after an introductory period the second
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Sports bundle to launch is from exfinity
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on January 23rd it announced a sports
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and news package for Xfinity Internet
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customers the price also $70 a month and
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it has no contract or long-term
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commitments the new sports bundles
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highlight on their websites how you can
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save money but that is compared to full
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cable 2.0 services for example with
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Xfinity it says here a $150 a year
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savings over YouTube TV for as long as
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I've been doing this people have been
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asking for more flexible options so I
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welcome any new bundles but you may be
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able to guess why I'm not really excited
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about what I've seen so far here's a
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look at the Timeline that I just laid
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out Direct TV and XFinity launched their
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$70 a month Sports bundles after YouTube
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TV increased to $83 a month and also
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after the threat of venue's $43 a month
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plan went away if YouTube TV held its
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$73 a month price would these new
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bundles have launched at $70 a month and
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marketed a $3 savings over YouTube TV I
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don't think so because Youtube tv offers
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a full cable 2.0 bundle and the new
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sports bundles do not there will be
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compromises for a lot of users and
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really I'm not sure a $13 a month
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difference between YouTube TV and the
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new bundles is going to move a lot of
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people I could be wrong let me know what
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you think below and then there's this
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since these new $70 a month bundles have
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launched YouTube TV has actually dropped
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its introductory price new customers pay
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$69.99 a month for the first 6 months on
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this channel I'm going to cut through
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the marketing hype even if the streaming
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TV companies don't like it and I'll help
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you decide what's best for your
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household stay tuned and we've got
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another one just breaking as I'm editing
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this video fox says it's going to launch
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its own direct consumer service expected
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to include both Sports and news and
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it'll launch sometime later this year of
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course we are also awaiting ESPN's
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directed consumer service in the fall
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more to come two pricing updates you'll
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notice them both starting this month
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fubo we were just talking about them
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raised the price of its full bundle plan
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$84.99 a month and Netflix is getting
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more expensive all of its plans are
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going up in price the plan with
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advertising it now starts at $7.99 a
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month and this all comes after Netflix
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announced it added 19 million paid
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subscribers a record-breaking fourth
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quarter of 2024 a lot of people like to
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watch Jeopardy but streaming it has not
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been so easy at least not outside of a
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big bundle that's why this Rolling Stone
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article caught my eye next day streaming
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of Jeopardy is coming in the fall and
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I'll let let you know who ends up with
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those rights when it's announced for now
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if you like Jeopardy you may want to
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check out the pop culture Jeopardy
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spinoff it's hosted by Colin Joost this
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series streams on Prime Video new
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episodes on Wednesdays this is actually
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a pretty big month for new shows
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premiering on ond demand streaming
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services might make it easier to pause
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your live TV service after the Super
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Bowl the White Lotus on Max zero day on
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Netflix 19 23 on Paramount plus and
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Suits LA on NBC and peacock leave a
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comment let me know what you're looking
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forward to or anything else I should be
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checking out sling TV has addressed one
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of the biggest complaints about the
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service it now offers an unlimited DVR
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Bas plan users still get 50 hours of
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cloud DVR storage but now for those who
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pay $5 a month more you get unlimited
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DVR and those recordings are saved for
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up to 9 months so basically sling TV's
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new unlimited DVR is similar to what its
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competitors offer but you do have to pay
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extra for it it's not included in the
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Bas plan price but just a reminder
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something you don't have to pay more for
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sling free streams 10 hours of cloud DVR
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storage that is included with the free
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service and just enough to save a few
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movies to watch later sling is also
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trying out something called pause extra
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when you pause the service you can now
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pay $5 a month and get AMC plus as well
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as access to your DVR and once you
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reactivate with sling you'll get a $5
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month credit for the pause extra on your
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following bill got a few quick deal
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updates for you let's save some money
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save 50 bucks on a year of peacock
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premium $29.99 for a full year of the
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plan with ads that is through February
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18th there's a link in the description
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and on Michael saves deals.com Roku
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players are back on sale at the start of
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the month including $20 off the Roku
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Ultra as usual the same prices across
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multiple retailers internet plan deals
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are holding steady particularly from
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T-Mobile and Verizon's 5G Services
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Verizon has a 5-year price guarantee
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this month plus it's still offering 12
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months of free Netflix and Max with the
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5G home plus plan enter your ZIP code on
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Michael saves deals.com
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compare your best options phone plans
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visible has a new deal on the Premium
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plan not quite as good as the holiday
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deal I do like this $20 a month deal for
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total wirelesses base plan and XFinity
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mobile has a few good deals going
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including this one for the new Samsung
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Galaxy 25 a quick thank you for making
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last month's news update video a big
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success nearly 400,000 views these News
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videos are a passion project for for me
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but they help me continue to produce
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actually trust my name is Michael and I
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thank you for watching
