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Never Pay $83/Month for YouTube TV! Here's What to Do Instead
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Dec 22, 2024
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if you don't want to pay this much for
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YouTube TV well this video is for you
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since 2016 I've been helping people cut
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the cable TV cord and switch to
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streaming in a lot of cases I've
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recommended YouTube TV for people who
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want the best of cable TV at a lower
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price but that price for YouTube TV well
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it's not so low anymore it's still
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cheaper than cable but after a recent
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price increase the service now starts at
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$83 a month more than double its launch
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price from back in 2017 that disrupted
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the whole pay TV industry today I'm
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sharing my seven-step action plan it'll
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help you either keep YouTube TV and save
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money or cancel YouTube TV and find a
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cheaper option got a few notes written
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down here and number one today is become
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a new customer you probably already know
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YouTube TV has some pretty good welcome
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offers but the problem is they're only
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for new customers but if you've got a
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spouse or roommate this could help you
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get around the rule maybe you could
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pause or cancel your existing
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subscription and let them sign up as a
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new customer to get the offer at
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recording time it's a savings of $69
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over 3 months so think about if that's
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worth it to you becoming a new customer
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can also save you with other services
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more on that later we're just getting
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started today number two is to get a
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retention offer and this is pretty
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interesting because in the past YouTube
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TV did not make retention offers when
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customers would go through the
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cancellation steps all that changed with
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the latest price increase your results
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May Vary but I was able to save my mom
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$10 a month for 6 months by going
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through that cancellation process from
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the settings on a computer I've got a
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couple tips for you start this process
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from a web browser not the mobile app
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and always select cost as the reason why
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you're canceling
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just a warning this doesn't work for
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everyone and who knows how long it's
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going to last I posted a separate video
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about this tip a lot of comments from
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people who said yes it worked but a few
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said no they were not able to get the
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retention offer let's keep moving and
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number three is a quick word about
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discounts from your internet provider
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T-Mobile used to offer a deal now
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Verizon does and a couple small internet
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providers as well new YouTube TV users
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users who have Verizon home internet can
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save $10 a month for up to 12 months so
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it's $120 in savings I've talked a lot
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about Verizon home internet before it's
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got some other streaming discounts to
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consider you can see if it's available
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where you live using my internet plan
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comparison tool on Michael saves
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deals.com number four today is to change
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your payment method I've got two tips in
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one here and I'd say they are both
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underrated the first tip is is to keep
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an eye out for YouTube TV discounts from
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your credit card providers sometimes you
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can get a one-time statement credit by
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switching your billing method these
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offers are targeted but I have received
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them for YouTube TV in the past here's
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just one example $20 off for using a
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Wells Fargo card but Check City chase
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American Express when you log in to pay
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your bill you may find a discount for
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YouTube TV waiting for you there let's
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move on on to tip two use a Google Play
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gift card to pay for YouTube TV but only
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if you can get that gift card at a
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discount so do I have any Costco members
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watching Costco.com is a great place to
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buy gift cards when you buy a $100
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Google Play card you can get a bonus $10
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Costco card another way I've applied
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this tip I use the fetch app to upload
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grocery receipts and earn free gift
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cards Google Play is just one of the
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Redemption op options so right now I've
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got around 15,000 points enough for me
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to redeem a $10 Google Play gift card if
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you don't have fetch a link below to my
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review and you can use my code to earn a
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welcome bonus number five is refer and
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earn if you've got YouTube TV you can
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earn a referral bonus by letting your
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family and friends know about the
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service up to $45 per referral at
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recording time now I've sent tens of
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thousands maybe hundreds of thousands of
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YouTube TV through my reviews but I have
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never used a referral link for the
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service so I'm really not all that
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familiar with how this works but it does
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appear that there is a 10 referral limit
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also this I noticed that depending on
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the new customer offer it may be better
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for your friend or family member to sign
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up directly on YouTube TV's website not
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through your referral link you can see
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the difference right here so if someone
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uses your link anyway maybe buy them a
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coffee or lunch as a thank you number
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six is to take a pause a lot of my
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viewers are able to cancel YouTube TV
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after football season and rely on other
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more affordable apps for at least part
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of the year I call this the summer pause
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and looking ahead to after next summer I
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also think some YouTube TV users may not
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need to go back to an expensive live TV
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service in the fall let's talk more
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about why in the next section
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so far today I focused on how you can
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keep YouTube TV and save a little bit of
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money here and there but according to
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this poll on my YouTube Community page a
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lot of people say they plan to cancel
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YouTube TV this has the potential to
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lower your streaming TV bill in a really
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big way if you paid for a year of
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YouTube TV at the new price $83 a month
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that works out to just under $1,000 a
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year some people can cut that bill in
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half and never look back but as we talk
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about the YouTube TV Alternatives there
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is a cost associated with them that's
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got nothing to do with the price instead
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it has to do with convenience this is
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number seven today I'm here to help you
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consider YouTube TV Alternatives first a
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look at my price tracker updated as of
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December 2024 and it reflects YouTube
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TV's latest increase the first thing
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you'll notice most of these services are
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just just as expensive as YouTube TV now
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you can still save money with them
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Direct TV stream and fubo for example by
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becoming a new customer my first tip but
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rotating Services it really doesn't work
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for everyone it's best for people who
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can find their must have Channels with
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multiple Services also those who don't
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rely heavily on cloud DVR you will lose
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your recordings when you switch from one
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service to another and also for people
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who have the tech Sav
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to adapt to the different user
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interfaces fairly quickly for people
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like me this works and you really can't
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argue with the savings but for others
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they find juggling all the services to
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be a big hassle and I get that sling TV
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may be a solution it's got two base
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plans both priced below YouTube TV you
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can also combine the two base plans and
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still save money but this service is
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less convenient yeah that word again the
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multiple bundles no unlimited Cloud DVR
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and some people just don't like the
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interface but most of all sling TV is
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less convenient because it doesn't offer
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full local coverage only ABC Fox and NBC
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in select markets and no CBS so for that
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reason sling TV is best for people who
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are able to hook up an antenna to get
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their broadcast TV stations I want to
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take a second to acknowledge just how
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frustrating that is for people whether
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they've got an antenna or not not you've
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already disconnected your cable TV cord
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maybe taken a satellite dish down but
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here I am saying that you need a
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physical piece of equipment for your
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broadcast TV stations and why is that
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peacock offers NBC Paramount plus offers
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CBS but there is no affordable streaming
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option to get all four of the major
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broadcast TV networks in one place
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plenty of expensive options but no
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lowcost options
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if you want as much live TV and a single
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app experience you are a big bundle
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person and you're probably going to want
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to stick with YouTube TV or a similar
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premium live TV service their cable 2.0
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live sports cable news and your local
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stations other live TV services whether
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that is sling TV Pho or friendly TV they
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are good options to save money but check
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the channel lineups the content is not
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the same name and I'll link below to a
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separate video where I give you an
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overview of the major Services based on
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my testing I've talked a lot on this
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channel about people who are able to
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drop live TV altogether and instead rely
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on more affordable OnDemand apps it's a
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trend I expect to continue and YouTube
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TV could be affected by this in late
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2025 ESPN is expected to launch its
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direct consumer app now the big bundles
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they're not going away but this will be
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another option A long overdue option in
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my opinion depending on how successful
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the new ESPN service is my hope is that
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some of the big bundle services will
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begin to offer smaller more affordable
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packages I post a monthly news update
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video I'll have the latest developments
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there and if you found this video
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helpful please give it a like and start
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