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Big Streaming TV Changes for May 2025!
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May 2, 2025
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hey everybody it's Michael here and I'm
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back with your streaming TV news and
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updates this time for May 2025 and I'm
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covering the big changes from all these
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brands and more let's get right into it
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and a question for you are you cutting
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back on streaming TV to's latest video
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trends report found consumers decrease
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their entertainment spending nearly $20
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a month the average monthly spending
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dropped below
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$160 the first time that's happened
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since 2021 price increases one of the
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top reasons why people have said they've
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canceled a streaming service recently
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and another reason people just aren't
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using them enough now overall this study
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found people are spending the same
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amount of time watching content just
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with fewer services and the average
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number of services used is now at right
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about 10 let me know what streaming
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service is most important to you right
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now three Roku updates starting with two
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new streaming sticks hitting the market
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this month but only one of them I
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recommend and here they are roku
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streaming stick and Roku streaming stick
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plus compact devices that are hidden
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behind your TV and powered from your TV
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no wall outlet needed both come with
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Roku's voice remote so that lets you
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power on your TV and control the volume
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using the Roku remote so what's the
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difference well the Roku streaming stick
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only gets you HD video and I think the
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Roku streaming stick plus is going to be
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worth the extra price because it
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supports 4K video just a $10 price
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difference to futureproof your device
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for years to come these devices replace
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the Roku Express and the Roku Express 4K
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Plus they've now been discontinued but
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if you're happy with your current Roku I
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don't see any reason to upgrade to the
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new devices i think Roku might be
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running out of names though i recently
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found this old Roku and looked up the
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model number because I thought the Roku
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Streaming Stick Plus name sounded
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familiar well turns out this old device
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was called Roku Streaming Stick Plus but
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with the plus symbol and the new Roku
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spells out the word plus so when it
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comes time to buy a new Roku just double
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check to make sure you're buying the
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latest model year a quick follow-up on
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Roku's controversial video ad test i
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told you about this last month roku's
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head of ad marketing told The Verge that
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it doesn't want ads on the platform to
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be interruptive and it's testing
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tweaking and listening to consumer
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feedback to our next headline and Roku
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already has the Roku channel now it's
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buying the affordable live TV streaming
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service Friendly TV the $185 million
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deal is expected to close later this
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quarter and if you're not familiar
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Friendly TV is a live TV service that
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includes more than 50 channels lifestyle
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and entertainment it keeps the price low
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by excluding sports news and locals in
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addition to Roku Friendly TV is going to
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remain available on all of its current
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platforms and devices so that's good
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news if you're not a Roku user news of
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this deal comes shortly after Friendly
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TV raised its prices this affects the
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monthly plans only they went up by a
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dollar so the cheapest is now $8.99 a
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month but I usually recommend the
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classic plan for the DVR and HD video
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quality and that plan is up to $10.99 a
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month if you've got YouTube TV let me
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know when you start seeing changes to
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multi- view i've showed you the build a
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multiv- view feature for live sports now
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YouTube TV is going to expand build a
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multiv- view to non-sports content
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that's in the coming weeks and months
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starting with a small group of popular
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channels definitely an improvement to an
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important feature but this still doesn't
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appear to be the total customization
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that viewers tell me they really want
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you can now split your NFL Sunday Ticket
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subscription into 12 monthly payments
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this is available whether you get NFL
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Sunday Ticket through YouTube TV or as a
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standalone service through YouTube so as
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you see here that's either going to be $
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31.50 a month or $40 a month just know
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if you choose the option through YouTube
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TV you will have to pay for that service
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separately and at recording time that's
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$82.99 a month and once you set up the
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monthly payments for NFL Sunday Ticket
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there are no refunds so you will have to
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make all 12 payments since my last news
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update video I've been celebrating
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changes from two companies that many
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cord cutters have dropped changes I've
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been calling for since I started on this
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beat 10 years ago directv has simplified
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its streaming offerings they are now
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available from
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directov.com so that means we're saying
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goodbye to the DirecTV stream brand my
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free Direct TV the new affordable genre
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packs and signature packages all
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available from one place and importantly
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no contract required for any streaming
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plan along with this change Direct TV is
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now leasing its Gemini Air device for
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$10 a month although you can still use
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your own device stay tuned for an
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upcoming review xfinity has also gotten
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rid of contracts for its internet plans
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and now introduced a 5-year price
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guarantee for new customers these plans
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include equipment and unlimited data and
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since I first posted about this I'm
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hearing every day from existing Xfinity
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customers as well they've been able to
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switch plans and lower their bills
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here's what to do find a competing offer
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using the internet plan comparison tool
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on
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michaelsdeals.com then contact Xfinity's
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customer service you can call chat or go
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to an Exfinity store present the
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competing offer you found on my website
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and then let Exfinity know you want to
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switch to a plan with a 5-year price
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guarantee the last step is optional but
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come back to this video and let me know
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if you're able to get a better deal and
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if you've left either Xfinity or Direct
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TV do you think these changes will be
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enough to win any customers back i look
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forward to reading your thoughts down
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below in the comments hallmark and
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Peacock have split up after 3 years
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Hallmark content including its live
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channels are no longer available on
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Peacock and this comes as Hallmark
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focuses on its Hallmark Plus service
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that service is a good option for
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ondemand streaming of original movies
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and shows for the live channels I'd
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consider friendly TV or pho now to an
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update on Max's password sharing
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crackdown the service now has a new
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extra member add-on it lets you share
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your account with someone living outside
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your household it's $7.99 a month the
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same price for all tiers and we've
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talked a lot about the Disney Fubo deal
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could it be in jeopardy the Department
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of Justice is reportedly looking into it
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in January Disney announced plans to
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merge its Hulu Plus live TV service with
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Fubo may is a busy month for sports pro
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basketball and hockey and playoffs plus
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regular season baseball here's a look at
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my live TV streaming price tracker for
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full bundles at the start of the month
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the biggest change really it's the logo
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no more Direct TV stream instead Direct
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TV but DirecTV's entertainment streaming
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plan is actually a couple bucks cheaper
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than the old DirecTV stream plan those
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are the regular prices i'm updating
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limitedtime deals on
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