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Jun 1, 2025
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hey everyone Michael here and I'm back
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with your streaming TV news and updates
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this time for June 2025 if any of these
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brands are part of your streaming setup
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there's something for you in this
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month's video let's get started welcome
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in and for the first time ever the
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biggest piece of the pay TV bundle is
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breaking off offering its own service
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and already streamers are giving it the
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side eye this is not just a sports story
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it's a sign of where streaming is headed
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espn is launching its own direct to
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consumer service this fall it's going to
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cost $30 a month and that gets you the
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main ESPN cable network secondary ESPN
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channels ESPN content that airs on ABC
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but not your local ABC station and
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everything included with ESPN Plus this
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doesn't replace ESPN in the traditional
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bundle it's just another way to get it
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it's been a couple weeks since the
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pricing announcement and I've been
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thinking a lot about who this service is
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actually for what first comes to mind
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people who have antennas and just one
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ESPN but not a full live TV bundle but
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for a lot of sports fans ESPN is just
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not enough on its own and for those
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without an antenna you may end up
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stacking other apps and suddenly it
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starts to feel like a bundle again if
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you try to piece it together with the
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standalone app shown here that's already
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over 70 bucks a month and we haven't
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even added Fox 1 the new streaming app
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from Fox with sports news and
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entertainment content no official price
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just yet estimates are around between 20
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and $25 a month okay so at that price
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you may not save a lot of money compared
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to a traditional bundle but there is
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something else that I'm watching here
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could ESPN get bundled with other
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standalone apps fox has said it's
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exploring bundling partners for the
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upcoming Fox One app maybe something
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similar to the venue sports venture that
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never launched bundling a few standalone
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apps at a discount could make these new
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offerings more attractive and it
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wouldn't be the first non-traditional
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bundle that we've seen this year it's
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becoming a trend one example I've been
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testing Direct TV genre packs currently
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I've got the $35 a month my
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entertainment plan for the summer it
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includes live TV as well as adup
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supported Disney Plus Hulu and Max but
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DirecTV also has genre packs for sports
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and news and I can already confirm one
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new bundle that's coming from Disney at
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the launch of the new ESPN service this
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bundle will include that as well as ad
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supported Disney Plus and Hulu all for
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$30 a month for the first year bottom
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line whether you're a sports fan or not
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bundles are coming back just in a
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different form let's continue youtube TV
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raised its starting price back in
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December now that price hike is finally
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kicking in for many existing customers
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some were able to delay the increase by
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selecting cancel and getting a six-month
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retention offer i actually used this
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trick for my mom when the price first
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went up and just recently I went through
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the cancellation steps on her account
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again i just wanted to see if YouTube TV
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would offer another deal no luck this
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time but I have heard some people are
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getting other offers so it may be worth
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trying again something interesting
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though after canceling my mom's account
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I signed her back up right away and I
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was surprised to see a free trial offer
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again usually those are for new
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customers only if your promo's ending
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maybe worth a shot we got to take the
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savings when we can get them and if
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you're thinking about switching here's a
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look at my live TV streaming price
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tracker what you see here is the regular
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pricing but I've been tracking frequent
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promos from Direct TV Fubo and Sling now
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to a quick update on something I shared
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last month youtube TV's build a multi-
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view feature it's expanded to include
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non-sports content let me show you when
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you open select programs just click down
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on your remote select multi- view and
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then watch in multi- view from there you
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can choose a mix of sports and now
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non-sports programming to watch side by
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side let me know what you think about
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the changes let's talk about HBO Max
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again the rebranding has sparked jokes
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memes plenty of speculation but in this
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section I'm sticking straight to the
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facts first the name is changing the app
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is not warner Brothers Discovery says
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Max will officially become HBO Max again
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sometime this summer and you won't need
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to download a new app it's a name update
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there is no announced price change and
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this is being positioned as a branding
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decision not a product overhaul from the
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website this is a quote the app
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experience programming plans and pricing
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all stay the same and the company says
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it wants to focus on quality over
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quantity likely a response to criticism
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that the Max name buried HBO's identity
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under too much unscripted content let's
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talk about the content a recent press
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release from Warner Brothers Discovery
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outlines what HBO Max is going to focus
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on going forward highquality scripted
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programming movies documentaries true
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crime adult animation and live sports
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and news but what stood out to me what's
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not on this list this is a promotional
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email from late May hbo content
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dominated but there was still some
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unscripted Discovery content mentioned
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the announcement makes it clear War
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Warner Brothers Discovery is rethinking
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its all-in-one app strategy and leaning
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back into what the HBO brand stands for
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a new streaming device caught my eye and
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no it's not another Roku it's this
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Walmart's new on Google TV 4K Plus
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streaming device just released in May
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under 30 bucks and for the price the
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specs actually look pretty solid i've
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not tested it myself yet but I've gotten
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a few comments from viewers who like
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other on devices and one thing I've seen
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mentioned a lot the ability to
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sideloadad apps let me know in the
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comments if you've tried the on 4K Plus
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looks promising the NFL schedule dropped
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in May and even though the games don't
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start for a while the streaming strategy
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starts now youtube is getting its first
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streaming exclusive NFL game week 1
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September 5th Chargers versus Chiefs and
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this one is free to stream on YouTube no
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paid subscription required and just like
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past seasons there are also streaming
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exclusive games on ESPN Plus Prime Video
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Netflix and Peacock the Peacock game
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comes late in the season week 17 so
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right between Christmas and New Year's
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on December 27th i'll be watching to see
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if Peacock brings back its Black Friday
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deal with the NBA and NHL playoffs
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wrapping up this month a lot of people
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are going to be able to take a summer
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pause from live TV but there's still a
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whole lot to stream from standalone apps
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apple TV Plus has Stick a new sports
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comedy starring Owen Wilson over on Hulu
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The Bear is back all 10 episodes of
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season 4 drop June 25th binge ready and
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Netflix is bringing back Squid Game for
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one final season leave a comment let me
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