if Paramount and YouTube TV are unable to reach an agreement "for an extended period of time,"
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deadline.com
Get ready for another price hike.Yep-
YouTube TV Reaches Carriage Renewal With Paramount Global, Averting Blackout Of CBS And 22 Other Networks
Paramount Global and YouTube TV reached a carriage renewal, averting the blackout of 23 networks including CBS, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
And remember, thats only 1 company of the number of networks they cover, so it could happen for each network when contracts are coming up ... of course its that way for every one, streaming included.
With the current $10 hike, I doubt they'll raise it again until at least next year. Absorbing the Paramount hit would likely cost less than the possible subscriber loss from another hike too soon.
Again, in the last two years, DirecTV, Charter and Comcast have had three increases, YTTV, just one.
On top of the last one they just had? Sounds like to me You tube TV has turned into streaming cable. No more use to me if they are fighting over locals again. Now if find a way to separate the locals from the rest of the channels and make then an add on , I can see them still being of some use. I still have TABLO for ota recording and don't need locals.
It wasn't just locals it was all Paramount owned channels like Comedy Central, Paramount network and a bunch of others. Plus it was all CBS locals even 3rd party owned locals as the networks negotiate carriage contracts for all locals including 3rd party owned locals with the streaming vMVPD services.
Still fighting over carriage of any channel makes it just like Cable /satellite. That is the reason why people went to streaming in the first place.
And the people that switched using that reason were told it would still happen with their new service. And here we are...
People that went over to streaming, using the on demand services, do not have to worry about contract disputes.
When people went online whining about the dispute and claiming they were changing service so they wouldn't have to deal with it anymore other people that know better told them. Go look at reddit when their is a dispute with any service.
Wait, What ????
3rd party owned local CBS affiliates. I questioned that on the previous page of this thread but people seem to think if those 3rd party locals wouldn't renew they would no longer be CBS affiliates. I am skeptical about that but I don't have a copy of their contract with Paramount+.
You think they won't be raising prices .... and they have more channels that just CBS, right ?
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