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Re: YouTube TV

#81

Post by shaunol »

This is a cool idea but it still falls very short by not serving users outside of the US. To the point where the welcome page doesn't even acknowledge that there may be global interest: https://tv.youtube.com/welcome/ (enter your ZIP code, no country picker ... YouTube, you do realize you're on the internet, right?)

Does YouTube care about getting content to the world? Or just getting as many of their fingers in the pie as possible and abusing the current geo-restricted licensing model while they can?

Re: YouTube TV

#82

Post by pgodzin »

ashark wrote: post #77
guiomie wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"free with an antennae" ... You can get ESPN, ShowTime, FXX via antennae?

ShowTime is extra on top of the $35, and I don't see any other channels on the page that aren't OTA in my area (where'd you see ESPN?).

https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/02/finally-live-tv-made-...

Includes a bunch of ESPN, Fox Sports channels

Re: YouTube TV

#83

Post by VikingCoder »

koolba wrote: post #80
guiomie wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"free with an antennae" ... You can get ESPN, ShowTime, FXX via antennae?

The only content on the page says, "Stream ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & more." While "& more" could include anything, I'm going going to assume it doesn't include any of those or they'd be listed. At the very least they'd put ESPN as that's the big one for people cutting the cord and wanting to watch live sports.

No reason to assume, they are listed at the bottom of the blog post:

https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/02/finally-live-tv-made-...

Re: YouTube TV

#84

Post by jacquesm »

haubey wrote: post #68

I'd just like to see when they start doing personalized ads for every different person. I know TV companies have started to do more targeted ads [1] but if there's a company that can do it, it's gotta be google. If there's enough ad revenue to go around, it could be a tipping point where the local channel rules cease to matter. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-29/tv-ads-ar...

That's the last thing I'd like to see.

Re: YouTube TV

#85

Post by koolba »

VikingCoder wrote: post #83
koolba wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The only content on the page says, "Stream ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC & more." While "& more" could include anything, I'm going going to assume it doesn't include any of those or they'd be listed. At the very least they'd put ESPN as that's the big one for people cutting the cord and wanting to watch live sports.

No reason to assume, they are listed at the bottom of the blog post: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2017/02/finally-live-tv-made-...

Ah thanks!

@dang: Update the link to the blog post as it actually has information about the offering rather than just an email sign up box.

Re: YouTube TV

#86

Post by kristofferR »

"Unlimited cloud DVR" seems really pointless. Why not just save everything, as it airs, in a central archive that the users can browse at their leisure instead? It also seems to mean that you can't rewind channels you weren't watching, that you manually have to record stuff yourself. Really backwards of Google if my assumptions are correct.

It seems weird that Google aren't able to create/negotiate something relevant for today. All the things I talked about are becoming common for normal TV providers in Norway.

Re: YouTube TV

#88

Post by goda90 »

rubicon33 wrote: post #76

When am I going to be able to choose my channels on an individual, channel by channel basis, and then receive a total cost based on those channels? If I want ONLY the Science channel, then I should be able to purchase JUST the science channel for like, $5/mo.

I doubt the effort will gain them significantly more customers. If they charge $35 for 10 channels, but you can get 1 channel for $5, most people will see the 10 for $35 as a better deal. Unless their per channel price were equal to (bundle price)/(number of channels in bundle), then very few people would go that route.

Re: YouTube TV

#90

Post by nodesocket »

Sports!!! All I need and care about for my $160 a month Xfinity cable bill is Sports. Unfortunately sports takes places on various channels (ESPN, ESPN2, FOX, CBS, CBS Sports, TNT, TBS, TruTV).
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