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YouTube TV Adds More Markets, Including Denver, Cleveland

Google's live TV streaming service has expanded into twelve additional markets including Denver and Cleveland. According to the company, the streaming service was freshly launched late last week into Cleveland, Denver, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City, San Diego, Kansas City, Oklahoma City and St. Louis -- as well as Greensboro, North Carolina; Harrisburg, Virginia; and Hartford, Connecticut.At launch, the service was only made available in key top markets including Los Angeles, New York, and the San Francisco Bay area.

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But the company states that with recent expansions, the service is now available to roughly 50% of American homes.

YouTube TV offers users access to a lineup of 40 different networks and channels across six active accounts for $35 per month. That total also includes access to YouTube Red Originals, the company's lineup of original programming (normally $10 per month). YouTube TV includes an unlimited cloud DVR with support for up to six accounts per household, each with their own recommendations and storage allotment.

YouTube TV hasn't yet indicated how many customers have signed up for the service, though a recent report indicated that the company was pricing it at a loss in order to grab market share. Once that happens, most analysts expect YoutubeTV to slowly but surely jack up the price.

If you're a cord cutter wondering if the service is a good option for you, check out our recent review of YouTube TV by a community member.
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hamburglar
join:2002-04-29
united state

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hamburglar

Member

Too limited

Supported devices list is too limited, unless the Chromecast can directly stream content without a phone or tablet sending the video?
existenz
join:2014-02-12

1 recommendation

existenz

Member

Re: Too limited

Limit of channels and devices are the two major downsides until they expand. It's still a very nascent service. The design is great though. Am doing the trial right now and like the interface design a lot as well as browsing. Also like the way they treat DVR as simply adding content to a library. It feels very different than other OTT services. Not game changing but a very different way of approaching OTT.

Will be a big mistake if they don't eventually support Roku and Fire. And eventually needs simple bundles. I have no interest in the 8 sports channels.
moulder3
join:2007-05-21
Boston, MA

moulder3

Member

Bait & switch on DVR

Karl: Although I don't personally have YouTube TV, many have reported that the 'unlimited DVR' is complete crap. After a few days of the program airing, they swap out your fully-functional DVR version with what's essentially a limited on-demand copy which won't fast-forward. PLEASE clarify from YouTube if this is true as it's a HUGE * in their service!
existenz
join:2014-02-12

existenz

Member

Re: Bait & switch on DVR

YTTV doesn't even call it a DVR, you just put content in a 'Library'. I actually like it a lot but is of course a bummer about the commercials if there is OD version. If there is no OD version, you can FF past ads.
elefante72
join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY

elefante72 to moulder3

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to moulder3
Also there is no YouTube Red Originals for $9.99, it's YouTube RED and that also includes Google Play Music Unlimited AND ad-free Youtube.

So YT Red Originals is ONLY a small subset of YouTube Red which is $9.99. PLEASE FIX THIS!

The reason this is a burr, because when I was going to sign up for YT TV I figured that I could ditch my YT Red subscription, and that is NOT the case, so I kept my cable w/ Verizon.

thecybernerd
Premium Member
join:2007-01-05
New York, NY

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thecybernerd

Premium Member

Why is native device support important.

I have YouTube TV and each of my family members has it installed on their mobile device and we use it with chromecasts connected to our televisions. A lot of people complain about the lack of native apple tv, roku, and fire tv support so I was wondering why having a native interface on a tv is important in 2017. With Google Chromecast you just have to learn one interface and operating system which is your phone.
existenz
join:2014-02-12

-1 recommendation

existenz

Member

Re: Why is native device support important.

I like the tablet/phone interface a lot but ultimately prefer using a remote. Kind of a annoying to take multiple steps to pause or switch channels.

PamelaTS
Digital Chick
join:2004-04-20
Dallas, TX
Asus RT-AC66
HTC 5G Hub

PamelaTS

Member

Re: Why is native device support important.

said by existenz:

I like the tablet/phone interface a lot but ultimately prefer using a remote. Kind of a annoying to take multiple steps to pause or switch channels.

What tablet support, Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 with Android 7.0 is not supported
existenz
join:2014-02-12

existenz

Member

Re: Why is native device support important.

You can download it from apkmirror.com if not working for your tablet. But that is odd as it works on My 10.5 Samsung Tab S.

PamelaTS
Digital Chick
join:2004-04-20
Dallas, TX
Asus RT-AC66
HTC 5G Hub

PamelaTS

Member

Re: Why is native device support important.

said by existenz:

You can download it from apkmirror.com if not working for your tablet. But that is odd as it works on My 10.5 Samsung Tab S.

TRIED, Doesn't WORK! Incompatible

NOCMan
MadMacHatter
Premium Member
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO

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NOCMan to thecybernerd

Premium Member

to thecybernerd
battery life for one

thecybernerd
Premium Member
join:2007-01-05
New York, NY

thecybernerd

Premium Member

Re: Why is native device support important.

It really isn't much of a drain on battery life since it is streaming directly to the Chromecast from google's servers. If it was using the traditional airplay implementation where it streams from the client device it would kill battery life.
elefante72
join:2010-12-03
East Amherst, NY

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elefante72

Member

Re: Why is native device support important.

Obviously you have never had a casting "war" go on in the house. There are no damn controls on who casts to what. Add a few Google Homes into the equation, and well good luck.

The casting "wars" were why I binned the chromecasts and replaced them with Roku (which still has its issues). That and some apps have bugs that just are persistent like losing state w/ the phone. Happens at least 2-3x per week. Not to mention in N notification pulldowns work like 50% of the time, and you have to bring up the main app to try and fix. Until quite recently N was Google's premier phone OS.

Also Roku integrate w/ my universal remotes seamlessly, CC does not. You can't expect everyone in the house 100% of the time to be tethered to a phone. Well maybe in some houses.

TL;DR This is catered to the millennials on phones/tabs not toward traditional families and that is OK, but don't go and try to dismiss how chromecasts fail from a usability and bugs perspective.

tshirt
Premium Member
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA

tshirt

Premium Member

Also note the recent shutdown of...

...YouTube-MP3.org may influence

NOCMan
MadMacHatter
Premium Member
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO

NOCMan

Premium Member

Colorado Springs Excluded

Were practically a suburb and considered as part of the MSA so no idea why our zips are excluded.

Just saw it's only for chromecasts, stupid.. No native Roku/AndroidTV/Fire Stick apps, I'll go elsewhere.

Anon778dc
@comcast.net

Anon778dc

Anon

Western Massachusetts = The dark side of the moon

Western Massachusetts has a population greater than Boston, but we may as well be called "the dark side of the moon" since our choices are next to null for any service. YouTube TV seems to be no exception.
moulder3
join:2007-05-21
Boston, MA

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moulder3

Member

Re: Western Massachusetts = The dark side of the moon

said by Anon778dc :

Western Massachusetts has a population greater than Boston, but we may as well be called "the dark side of the moon" since our choices are next to null for any service. YouTube TV seems to be no exception.

What? Western MA only has around 1 million people. Greater Boston has 4+ million.
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GOD666
join:2017-03-10

GOD666

Member

Re: Western Massachusetts = The dark side of the moon

Your numbers are wrong. Massachusetts has a population of 6.812 million (nearly 7 million) and Boston's population is only 673,184. While eastern Mass may have 4 million people (not Boston alone), you're still ignoring the other nearly 3 million people in the state.

Kilroy
MVM
join:2002-11-21
Saint Paul, MN

Kilroy

MVM

I'm in for Football season

I signed on for football season in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and it works for me. The only actual television I watch is football and the included channels so far have allowed me to watch both the University of Minnesota and University of Michigan games. The Michigan game was on ABC, but the over the air reception wasn't as good as the YouTube TV stream.

We'll see this weekend how well it handles the Pro games, though I'm really only interested in torturing myself watching the Detroit Lions.

PamelaTS
Digital Chick
join:2004-04-20
Dallas, TX
Asus RT-AC66
HTC 5G Hub

PamelaTS

Member

They need to work on their app compatibility

I have a Samsung Galaxy S8+, Galaxy S6 edge and a Galaxy S4 both the S6 and S4 are not currently active their just backup devices. YouTube TV works on all three. On my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 I can't use the app because it's not supported even though it's more upto date that the S4 and runs the same Android Nougat version as the S8+ and S6 edge.

To much sports and no C-Span/C-Span2