YouTube TV is getting costlier — outpacing the speed of inflation — with a 14% worth improve for the streaming pay-TV bundle going into impact for brand new clients instantly.
The price of a brand new YouTube TV base plan subscription is growing from $72.99 to $82.99, beginning Dec. 12, 2024, for brand new customers, the corporate stated in a message to clients Thursday. The brand new worth will go into impact Jan. 13 for many current customers, whereas these on current trials and promotional charges “won’t be affected.” The rise is “because of the rising price of content material,” based on YouTube.
“We don’t make these selections frivolously, and we notice this impacts our members,” the YouTube TV workforce wrote in a thread on X. “With many thrilling reveals and reside occasions developing in 2025, we stay dedicated to bringing you one of the best of TV, multi functional place. Thanks for being a loyal member.”
YouTube TV will proceed to incorporate greater than 100 channels, a DVR with limitless storage, as much as six accounts per family, and the flexibility to look at as much as three concurrent streams, the corporate stated.
The service most lately raised the value of the baseline YouTube TV bundle in March 2023, when it upped the payment from $64.99 to $72.99/month.
