Live online TV, once a bargain, is getting more expensive

[pstokely]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/live-online-tv-once-a-bargain-is-getting-more-expensive/2019/04/10/340d631a-5bdc-11e9-98d4-844088d135f2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a2ec697bf8de

"NEW YORK — If you signed up to stream live TV in hopes of saving money over traditional cable, you may be in for a rude surprise.

Live online-TV providers like YouTube TV, DirecTV Now and Hulu with Live TV lured users with digital “skinny bundles” that were cheaper than cable. Now, many are raising prices. The latest is Google’s YouTube TV, which is increasing its monthly fee to $50. It launched at $35 and has raised prices as it added more channels.

The first of this crop of TV services was Dish Networks’ Sling TV in 2015. Its most attractive feature was price, since it offered a handful of popular, live TV channels for $20 a month. A string of other companies announced similar services in the years that followed, many priced from $30-$40 a month. YouTube TV, Hulu Live, AT&T’s DirecTV Now and others were far cheaper than a traditional cable bundle, which costs about $100."

[Dennis Donovan]

1. Maybe a little more expensive, but still a huge bargain over traditional cable pkgs

I went from $150 to $50/mo.

[babylonsister]

2. Here I think just getting

wifi is $50 with the rest being add-ons. What's your secret?

[TheBlackAdder]

5. I have FiOS UltimateHD, just without Cinemax (now an extra $10 more) and I'm paying $109/mo.

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I can watch, DVR, and internet watch most content. HBO, Showtime, Starz, etc... just not Cinemax.

https://www.verizon.com/cs/groups/public/documents/adacct/ultimate_package_clu.pdf

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[Auggie]

3. I canceled YouTube TV yesterday ...

live streaming is heading down the same path that made traditional cable so awful -- quantity over quality. I'm not paying $10 more a month for junk programming I did not ask for nor never watch.

A la carte selection is so overdue. I'd pay more for it on a per channel basis.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Just wait until when the ISPs start surcharging for streaming video content.