https://www.wired.com/2017/02/youtube-tv-skinny-bundle/
Finally an affordable service that sinks to all of your devices without the hassle of paying for channels that you never use. This is an amazing advancement that I myself am considering adding to my apartment because I am avid Chromecast user.
It will be interesting to see how these numbers effect analyzing data and disrupt the streaming of cable. Currently many of us access cable through our TV's but this could allow us to stream through our phones and make TV more mobile. Imagine being able to stream what you want when you want wherever you want.
They have also brilliantly added their Youtube RED into this subscription service to make it more accessible to the marketplace. It makes you think how companies like Netflix might one up this. Will the Google TV impact services such as Netflix or will we continue to stream per usual.
It will be interesting to analyze the adoption of this new media because it could be an advancement that is provided to the masses but not something that is necessarily needed in which case could dramatically effect its ability to hit a threshold where it will self sustain.
Is this a service that you think you would use?
I definitely think that this is an interesting package and a new foray for Youtube that can pay dividends. The pricing, though, is what gets me. While it's of course cheaper than cable, you still have to pay $40 for a service that's missing premium channels like CNN and still a large chunk of sports.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Catch-22 to a certain extent -- right now, no matter what skinny bundle you buy, it'll be missing something. It's almost worth it to simply get Hulu and Netflix subscriptions, which together are less than the cost of some of these skinny bundles. Yes, you'll still lack CNN, ESPN, FOXSports1, etc. but you'll also get some of their original content as well as movies. Here's a USA Today article that points out the differences between some of these new services, including Sling TV and Playstation Vue and the slight differences in their packages:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/03/05/how-youtube-tv-compares-rivals-sling-playstation-directv/98551276/