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9 Big Streaming Changes for March 2024! March Madness, Password Sharing Crackdown and More
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Feb 29, 2024
There's something for everyone in this month's streaming TV news and updates. Today, I break down 9 big streaming changes that affect subscribers of Amazon Prime Video, Max, Hulu, YouTube TV, Frndly TV and more. Find updated DEAL ALERTS here: https://michaelsaves.com/deals/deal-alerts/ Compare live TV streaming plans here: https://michaelsaves.com/streaming/best-live-tv-streaming/ March Madness broadcast schedule Men's tournament: https://www.ncaa.com/mens-final-four/broadcast-info Women's tournament: https://www.ncaa.com/womens-final-four/broadcast-info QUICK LINKS: 0:00 What’s Coming Up 0:14 How to Stream March Madness 2024 1:25 Max Dolby Vision Update 1:45 Amazon Pays Up for Exclusive NFL Playoff Game 2:41 Lawsuit Over New Streaming Service 3:21 Password Sharing Crackdown Expands 3:55 Updates on 3 YouTube TV Features 4:28 Frndly TV Adds a Home Screen 5:12 Baseball Is Back: MLB Opening Day 2024 5:48 How to Watch the 2024 Oscars
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Amazon pays up for an exclusive NFL
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playoff game Hulu takes a page from
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Netflix and YouTube TV users get three
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updates that they've been waiting for
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hey it's Michael here and it's a big
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month of streaming TV news and updates
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we'll start it off with March Madness
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the men's NCAA tournament runs from
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selection Sunday on March 17th to the
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championship game that's on April 8th
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games will be on these four networks TBS
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TNT True TV and CBS your best live TV
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streaming options those are YouTube TV
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Hulu live and Direct TV stream they
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carry all four of those networks and of
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those YouTube TV would probably be my
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pick fubo has CBS but not the Turner
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networks and sling TV well it's the
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opposite it has the Turner networks but
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not CBS new this year Max subscribers
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can watch live games from the BR Sports
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add-on available at no extra charge for
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limited time this gets Max subscribers
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live games from TBS TNT and True TV and
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if you don't have an antenna for CBS you
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can always get the Paramount plus with
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Showtime plan that includes a 24/7 live
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feed of your local CBS station that's
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the men's tournament meanwhile the
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women's tournament it'll be shown on
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ESPN's family of networks with the
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championship game on ABC check the
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description box below I'll have helpful
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links with more broadcast info next to a
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quick update for Max subscribers now you
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can stream live sports and Dolby Vision
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this is available to all Max subscribers
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through the BR Sports add-on the one
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that I just mentioned keep in mind
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you're going to need a supported device
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like one of the ones listed here in
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order to stream in Dolby vision and get
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that better picture quality Prime Video
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has won exclusive rights to stream an
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NFL playoff game next season and that's
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according to CNBC and other media
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Outlets so this is going to be similar
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to peacock's exclusive game from this
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past season now if you're a Prime member
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you probably already know that the
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service offers Thursday night football
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games it reportedly pays a billion
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dollars a year for those games and from
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the reports I've read recently Amazon is
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going to pay the NFL between 120 and 150
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million for that one wild card playoff
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game next season Amazon Prime currently
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$14.99 a month or
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$139 if you pay annually and most Prime
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members who responded to my YouTube
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Community poll said they pay annually
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but I was surprised most by the comments
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more than a few people say they've
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recently cancelled prime or they're at
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least considering it let me know what
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you plan to do fubo is suing over the
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upcoming sports streaming service it's a
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joint venture from ESPN Fox and Warner
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Brothers Discovery in the lawsuit fubo
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argues that the new service will hurt
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competition and inflate prices now
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there's no name or price for this new
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service at recording time but it is
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slated to include popular networks that
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carry Sports ABC Fox ESPN FS1 TNT TBS
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and more there's a lot of time between
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now and when this new service is
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expected to launch in the fall so we'll
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just have to wait and see how the
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lawsuit plays out plus a Department of
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Justice review of the service that's
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once the deal is finalized stay tuned it
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worked for Netflix now Hulu is cracking
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down on password sharing maybe you
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received this email not too long ago the
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service recently up updated its
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subscriber agreement and the bottom line
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Hulu wants you to know that you can't
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share your account with anyone outside
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of your household and if you're caught
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doing it your account could be suspended
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or terminated the changes are now in
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effect for new subscribers and the terms
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apply for existing subscribers as of
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March 14th and by the way Disney plus
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has updated its subscriber agreement and
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their similar language in there too
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updates on three YouTube TV features to
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share by now I'm sure you've noticed
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that you can press okay or select on
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your remote and then you can return to
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the last Channel also now build your own
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multi view it's starting with NBA league
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pass and NCAA basketball content
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expected to expand to other sports soon
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no more scrolling through a long list of
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Combos and if you've selected the new
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option to decrease the broadcast TV
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delay it will not reset after 48 Hours
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anymore that's good news you don't have
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to keep going back to decrease the delay
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friendly TV's new home screen well it's
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rolling out to more devices throughout
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the month of March the affordable live
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TV streaming service sent me a few
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pictures of the new look you're going to
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find shortcuts to what's airing live
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recommendations for you as well as
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trending content if you've watched my
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previous reviews you may know that
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friendly TV never had a home screen
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until now previously the service took
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you straight into the live guide when
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you opened up the app nothing's changing
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with the live guide but now you're just
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going to have to access it from the menu
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at the top of the the screen friendly TV
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tells me the home screen is rolling out
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for Roku Amazon Fire TV and Samsung TV
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users in the next few weeks Vio Android
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and Apple tv users well you should
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already have it by now baseball is back
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and opening day is Thursday March 28th
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all 30 teams are scheduled to play on
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opening day 2024 MLB opening night it
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airs exclusively on ESPN with the Texas
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Rangers hosting the Chicago Cubs now to
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follow your local team for the entire
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season you most likely will need a
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service that has Regional Sports
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networks so Check Direct TV stream fubo
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or an app like balet sports plus if you
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want to watch outof Market games that's
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less expensive you can consider
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MLB.TV but make sure you're aware of all
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the blackout restrictions the Oscars
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returned to ABC on Sunday March 10th but
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this year at a new time an hour earlier
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700 p.m. Eastern and the pre-show starts
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a half hour before that Jimmy Kimmel is
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back as host it's the 96th Academy
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Awards and immediately following this
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ceremony ABC is going to air an all new
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episode of the Emmy awardwinning series
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Abbott Elementary if you're planning to
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sign up for a new service or switch
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services this month check Michael saf
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deals.com first that is where I update
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streaming deals and more thank you for
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watching today and I hope to see you
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back here next time