ESPN back on YouTubeTV

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C-Money said:
Looks like it will.

Additionally, ESPN’s full lineup of sports – including content from the ESPN Unlimited app, launched earlier this year – will be made available to YouTube TV’s base plan subscribers at no additional cost by the end of 2026.
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ESPN Unlimited is $30/month. If it is being added "at no cost" ie to the basic package, it is because YTTV basic package price will go up to cover that cost.

I saw an article in the last week or so that said ESPN Unlimited was the actual hold up on a deal. While the original reporting was that YTTV wanted a lower carriage rate, there was a subsequent agreement on the carriage rate, but ESPN/Disney wanted ESPN Ultimate added to the base YTTV package. If you think ESPN/Disney is giving ESPN Unlimited for free, then I have a bridge to sell you in Iowa. If you think Google is going to eat that additional carriage rate, I have a different bridge to sell you in Nebraska.
 
UNCatTech said:
I thought it was my recordings.
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You have to be very careful how you access them. You go to “My Stuff” then recordings. If you access them through shortcuts you can end up watching an on-demand version, which doesn’t let you fast forward commercials.

But this does highlight an issue that the Hulu user interface is much worse than the YTTV interface.
 
Calheel said:
You have to be very careful how you access them. You go to “My Stuff” then recordings. If you access them through shortcuts you can end up watching an on-demand version, which doesn’t let you fast forward commercials.

But this does highlight an issue that the Hulu user interface is much worse than the YTTV interface.
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Fubo's reception and buffering are far worse than YTTV.
 
Duke Mu said:
Fubo's reception and buffering are far worse than YTTV.
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I had Fubo once for about a month.

Their customer service was so bad, I cancelled.

They blamed me for not being able to watch on my computer. Though I have never had an issue watching any other streaming service on my computer.
 
I live in the fantasy world where I thought Disney would give its Disney + subscribers access to ESPN during this dispute, but then I woke up knowing that neither corporation gives a shit about their subscribers, short of realizing capitulating to a dictator is not a smart business decision.
 
farce© said:
I just learned on Thursday my wife has had the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN app the whole time after I have missed two weekends of college football. (not the ESPN Unlimited version.)
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So then you didn't miss anything because it was all still blocked
 
Read that part of the deal could lead to YTTV having a sports only bundle option down the road.
 
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