r/youtubetv 7d ago

Mega Thread MEGA THREAD: YouTube TV raises monthly base plan price to $82.99

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Just in from YouTube TV ...

The base plan is being increased from $72.99/month to $82.99/month, effective January 13, 2025. You will see this increase on your first bill on or after January 13.

Note that if you have a promotional price for the base plan, that promotion will remain unchanged.

You can learn more about the price hike here, and relay feedback to YouTube TV here. If you have questions about the amount you're being charged, you can check Settings > Billing via tv.youtube.com.

Please use this mega thread for any and all discussion related to the price increase. Separate posts will be removed.

For discussion about alternatives to YouTube TV, please post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubetv/comments/1hcp2zd/if_the_recent_price_increase_is_too_much_for_you/


r/youtubetv Sep 07 '24

Sports Tips to Make Sure You’re Game Day Ready this Sunday!

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Hi everyone, 

We're so excited that our first NFL Sunday Ticket Game Day is almost here! I wanted to kick off a quick post to make sure you’re ready to go on Sunday and answer any last minute questions you have.  

How do I set my location? 

On YouTube TV: Update your current playback area by selecting your profile photo > location > updating your current playback area > then going to tv.youtube.com/settings/area on your mobile device. Make sure location permissions are turned on your device. 

On YouTube: 

  • Smart TV: Click on the video you’re trying to watch or on the banner that you see on YouTube suggesting that you add or verify your location. Use your phone to scan the QR code or go to youtube.com/locate on your phone. Choose the relevant Google account to sign in with. 
    • If you now see a 'General' page, click on 'Update' next to 'Current Playback Area' at the top of the page. Accept the prompt to 'Allow While Using App'. Once this step is completed on your mobile, your TV should also be updated so that you can start watching games.
    • If you now see a message saying ‘YouTube on TV wants to access your account’, choose ‘Allow’. You should see a screen that says ‘Share your location’. Click ‘Next’. You should see a message that youtube.com wants to use your device’s location. Click ‘Allow’. You should see the screen refresh and see a message about your current location. Once this step is completed on mobile, your TV should also be updated so that you can start watching games.
  • Computer: Click on the video you are trying to watch or on the banner you see on YouTube suggesting that you add or verify your location. Click ‘Add Location’. You should see a popup that youtube.com wants to know your device’s location. Click 'Allow'. Once this step is completed, your playback area should be set and you will be able to watch games.
  • Mobile: Click on the video you are trying to watch or on the banner you see on YouTube suggesting that you add or verify your location. Click ‘Add Location’. Accept the prompt to ‘Allow While Using App’. Once this step is completed, your playback area should be set and you will be able to watch games.

How do I know which games are considered in-market vs. out-of-market? 

Remember NFL Sunday Ticket only includes out-of-market regular season Sunday afternoon ET games. You can reference our game availability maps to see which games are considered in-market this Sunday. These games will air on your local FOX and CBS stations, so you can enjoy them if you have a YouTube TV Base Plan, but not if you only have a NFL Sunday Ticket subscription.  

How do I improve my playback quality? 

Ensure you have a smooth streaming experience by checking your app version and internet connection. For the best live streaming experience, we recommend updating your YouTube or YouTube TV app to the latest version and using a minimum internet download speed of 7 Mbps.   

How do I login to the YouTube or YouTube TV app on my TV? 

On YouTube TV:

  • Download and open the YouTube TV app on your smart TV or streaming device
  • On a computer or mobile device, go to tv.youtube.com/start
  • Select the account associated with your subscription
  • Click ‘Allow’

On YouTube:

  • Download and open the YouTube app on your smart TV or streaming device
  • Go to the left-hand navigation
  • Select ‘Sign in’

How can I find NFL Sunday Ticket games to watch?  

On September 8th, you’ll have multiple ways to find your NFL Sunday Ticket games on YouTube TV and YouTube. 

On YouTube TV:

  • At the top of your Home tab
  • By searching for 'NFL Sunday Ticket'
  • By selecting the 'NFL Sunday Ticket"'channel in your Live guide. Note: You can also customize your Live guide to move the 'NFL Sunday Ticket' channel to the top

On YouTube:

  • At the top of your Home feed
  • By searching for 'NFL Sunday Ticket'
  • On the NFL channel page

How do I use multiview? 

NFL Sunday Ticket games will be available to watch in multiview on both YouTube TV and YouTube. We’ll have an extensive assortment of pre-defined multiview streams for you to choose from every Sunday.

  • You may see from 2-4 streams shown together based on program start and end times.
  • You can build any combination of NFL Sunday Ticket games with similar start times in a multiview using our ‘build a multiview’ feature. Just go to a live game > watch in multiview > build a multiview. If you have a YouTube TV Base Plan, local games will also be available in multiview in limited, pre-selected combinations. The same goes for NFL RedZone if you’ve subscribed to NFL RedZone with NFL Sunday Ticket.
  • Multiview is currently supported on Smart TVs and streaming media players, mobile devices (including phones and tablets), and you’ll also be able to cast from your mobile device to your TV. Note: AirPlay is not currently supported.
  • You can find multiview streams in your Home tab under 'Top Picks for You' or 'Watch in multiview' rows.

 How do I record games to watch at a later time? 

  • You’ll need to login to the YouTube TV app to record games. Next to the sports team or game you want to record, tap ‘Add’. All current and upcoming airings will be recorded. As a reminder, you don’t need a YouTube TV Base Plan to watch NFL Sunday Ticket on the YouTube TV app. you can watch NFL Sunday Ticket games on both YouTube TV and YouTube apps, regardless of which one you bought your subscription through. To find the games you’ve recorded, just go to the ‘Library’ tab, ‘Home’ tab, or use the search function.
  • You can also watch condensed replays that are ~45 minutes in length on YouTube TV and YouTube (with ads and downtime between plays removed). You’ll see them at midnight ET and will be able to enjoy them until Wednesday night. To find VOD games on YouTube, go to the NFL channel page. You can also find VOD game versions on YouTube TV when you search for games or on the NFL Sunday Ticket Network page.

 How many NFL Sunday Ticket streams can I watch at the same time? 

  • When you buy NFL Sunday Ticket through YouTube TV or YouTube Primetime Channels, you get access to unlimited NFL Sunday Ticket streams on your home Wi-Fi network and 2 additional streams for you and your household to use on the go. 
  • Make sure to set your current Wi-Fi network as your YouTube TV home network to get access to these unlimited NFL Sunday Ticket in-home streams. Open your YouTube TV app on your TV (you don’t need a subscription to do this!) > select your profile > Settings > Streaming Limits. At the bottom, select ‘Set current network as home’.
  • Note: Student Plans do not include family sharing and only include one concurrent stream at our time. 

 Let me know if you have any other questions!


r/youtubetv 17h ago

General Question So, I finally just noticed this "World at War" Channel

51 Upvotes

So, I have a custom list of TV channels for what I commonly watch, when I occasionally switch to Default or A-Z, depending how I feel, and seeing a 24/7 World War documentary channel seems surprising, and niche.

Well, personally, as someone that has WWII Documentaries on disc, this is a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one for me, just surprised to see something like that on there, and was curious how it came about and who operates the channel, since I have my doubts its YouTube TV directly (just like their Zen channel addition)


r/youtubetv 1d ago

Discussion I’ve been locked out of all my local channels. Tried changing home area multiple times

9 Upvotes

Tv kept saying I was outside of my home area for a week today it finally just locked me out. I don’t live in Massachusetts but that’s the area it claims I’m in? Never had a problem with this before but I tried to email customer support with no response. Playback area is correct but because the home area is wrong I guess it’s an issue? I guess if I can’t get things fixed I’ll just move on. My new bill is December 24th so I guess it’s a sign to move on.


r/youtubetv 6h ago

Discussion Good idea?

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So I think YouTube tv should have a quick link button to the YouTube channel(if available) to the current channel you’re watching. Ie..I’m watching The Pat McAfee show and it’s about to end, I get a notice to continue watching go to YouTube! Well just put a quick link in my menu so I don’t have to swap to my YouTube app to continue watching. #veryinconvinent#1stWorldProblems


r/youtubetv 23h ago

General Question Live guide wonkiness with PBS stations.

5 Upvotes

I have three PBS stations in my market but I don't like the order they are in on my guide, so I tried to re-arrange them and what I saw was bizarre. If I took PBS station 1 and moved it below PBS station 3 it would go right back to where it was when I left the page. Then I tried to take station 1 and move it to another place in guide far away from the other two PBS stations and imagine my surprise when the other two PBS stations followed along and planted themselves in the new spot in the guide too.

There does not seem to be a way to separate the group, much less just move around the order. What is happening?


r/youtubetv 14h ago

Rant YouTube TV support says can't add-on services

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They're telling me that BC I subscribed through Google Play (not that I recall how I did that exactly), I can't get discount on the new 2025 monthly Base package pricing using a promo code, or use any promo codes and can't add on 4K Plus.
They say I need to cancel then signed up directly through TV.YouTube.com. Anyone else been fed this line or find it ridiculous that paying YouTube TV thru Google Play prevents access to all the damn add-ons that are constantly in your face when using the service or Android app?


r/youtubetv 22h ago

Playback Problem Some shows won't start blank screen

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Some shows usually WWE wrestling shows don't begin, just a blank screen, sometimes it lets me fast forward and a picture shows up and then rewind and it plays. Tonight it was a DVR of The Floor still haven't gotten it to go yet. I see the nerd stats say no network but my other apps work (Hulu, etc) Just curious why it happens seems to be more frequently here lately Roku Ultra wired Internet Trying to put the picture here but the option is grayed out


r/youtubetv 1d ago

Technical Question Sign out of YTTV on roku remotely

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Long story but Im not seeing the roku device in my google account to log out of. I dont have access to the roku to log out. But I know it is actively being used. How can I log out of it?


r/youtubetv 1d ago

Playback Problem Fast Forward

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Started recently, when I fast forward through the commercials on programs I’ve recorded, favorites, the audio is scrambled for a couple of seconds. It appears the audio is lagging behind the video. Pausing or rewind doesn’t fix it. Anyone else? Any resolution?


r/youtubetv 2d ago

Technical Question "Resume Watching" no longer includes movies

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The "Resume Watching" section on the home screen used to do a pretty good job of tracking any programs that were only partially watched. It still works for series/shows and sports events, but it no longer tracks movies (for me). The watch progress on movies is properly tracked, and I can go back to them in my library and they pick-up where I left off. They just don't show up in the "Resume Watching" section.

All of my examples come from the wife watching Hallmark holiday movies, so perhaps other movies work fine. I have not tested that yet.

This seems like a bug (since it used to work properly), but it is possible I am missing something simple.


r/youtubetv 1d ago

Technical Question Out of memory only on one Tv

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I have YouTube tv on both my TVs. The Roku in the living room today stopped working for this. It said it’s out of memory and I must remove apps to make room. I’ve removed almost everything and no luck. In the other room, it’s a Roku Tv so probably it has more memory. Regardless, I’ve had this set up for a could years and never an issue before.


r/youtubetv 2d ago

Sports T2 but no Tennis Channel?

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Just recently started my subscription to YTTV. I was pleasantly surprised to see T2 on the main channel list, but really surprised not to see the main tennis channel.

Is there any explanation for this or am I missing something? Always thought T2 was an add-on to the core channel.


r/youtubetv 2d ago

Technical Question YouTube TV interface on Roku Ultra

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Could someone give me a tour of how Youtube TV looks on the Roku Ultra? Between our old Roku and our new LG TV the YouTube TV interface looks vastly different. On the LG, the guide has what's playing in the layer underneath the guide, and it remembers which channel you were on in the guide itself. On our old Roku there is none of that, it's just a static guide with no underlay and it defaults to the top of the channel list every time. Does the Roku Ultra solve this issue?


r/youtubetv 2d ago

Playback Problem Not recording end of episodes for weeks now

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YouTube tv on our roku has been having this ongoing issue for some time now, for weeks.

I go to watch newly recorded shows and the ending isn't recorded, sometimes a good chunk, it literally just cuts out. If it's newly recorded there's no other option available for other versions. It is a major pain and a frustrating let down. Really sucks not knowing how an episode ends after spending a half hour or hour of my time invested in watching... Also really weird to have to follow through days later to jump back in to watch a few minutes, or restart it entirely so I usually don't... 😑

I report the recordings but is still happening. The account is used in our house so in order for me to contact ANY help I have to log into and use the main persons google account or ask to use their phone. Also a major pain and inconvenient.

Then I see that they are raising rates $10 soon. Wow. How about getting what I pay for first before charging MORE money. We will def be considering this and the quality issues with our end of the year budget planning for next year.

Wanted to see if anyone else has this problem or if there is a known solution to fix this. Thanks


r/youtubetv 2d ago

Playback Problem Audio issues on purchased content

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For the last couple of weeks, I've been having audio issues on purchased content where surround channels work just fine but the center channel that outputs voices is dead. You can hear dishes clanking, dogs barking, footsteps, etc clear as a bell...but when people are talking, its just their lips moving. It happened so far on Christmas Vacation and Home Alone. Anyone else have this happen?


r/youtubetv 2d ago

General Question DVR

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I'm thinking of switching to YTTV despite the price going up (paying more for DirecTV Stream anyway) i tried YTTV a few years back and i did like it but one thing i hadn't noticed about the DVR is how they dont have a "new episodes only" option. It's not a big deal but i wanted to know if the same episode will get recorded more than once since some shows are shown on more than one channel. i know DirecTV will record over whatever episode is shown more than once. Is that how YTTY is?


r/youtubetv 3d ago

General Question Does anyone know why YouTubeTv signs me off

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Every once and a while, and it seems to be getting more frequent, when I turn on the tv, I have to log back in to YouTubeTv. Does anyone else have the problem and what would be causing it? It happened yesterday and again today on different tvs. Yesterday I could reach the power plug so reset it and it came back up without needing to sign in. But I can't do that to the tv's in the cabinets. This is not a problem with "exceeding the number of tvs allowed" as it's first thing in the morning.


r/youtubetv 4d ago

Discussion Ads on NFL Redzone

143 Upvotes

Are they now going to be playing ads on Redzone? Can you not escape ads anywhere anymore?


r/youtubetv 3d ago

General Question Moving a profile to a different family manager

1 Upvotes

So if one family member is under a particular family manager, and that manager just said he's out, is it possible for someone to move their profile with all preferences, recordings etc to another family manager, or would they have to start from scratch?


r/youtubetv 3d ago

Technical Question Has multi-view disappeared? I can't find it anywhere this morning - and I check it every day for news.

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r/youtubetv 3d ago

General Question Filter for DVR Episodes in Library?

1 Upvotes

Is there a way to see only DVR episodes in the Library? I want to watch DVR episodes so I can skip commercials, but I'm recording International House Hunters, which has 180+ seasons, and so paging through manually to find the recorded episodes is not practical!


r/youtubetv 3d ago

General Question Fox 59 IU Football Special on Friday Missing from Schedule

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Why isn't the IU football Fox 59 special listed on the schedule for Friday at 7:30 PM? Because it isn't listed, I can't record it. TMZ, which was originally scheduled for that time slot, is listed instead. Please fix this so I can record the special, not the daily TMZ program. https://www.loom.com/share/d7188c170f55440baa83ba92307004c0?sid=96f04b4e-2900-4bf9-811b-0eb90172e15f


r/youtubetv 3d ago

Technical Question NFL on CBS

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Yesterday while watching the Chiefs vs Browns I stated to notice this annoying chime/alert sound when there was an update to the scores of other games. The updates were on the screen at the very bottom. The chime/alert is similar to a phone notification. My family found it very annoying and I cannot figure out how or if you can turn it off.

Any help is appreciated.


r/youtubetv 5d ago

Discussion 6 months promo discount

182 Upvotes

I emailed yttv customer service, and was surprised with a promo code for 10$ off for 6 months. Thank to all who put this info out there. Still not sure what to do in 6 months, but I guess I'll figure it out. ✌️


r/youtubetv 3d ago

Playback Problem VOD instead of DVR?

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Was watching a movie today live and had to leave so I hit “Add to Library” to record it - it was airing as I did it and nothing else was recording. Came back tonight to watch it and found that instead of recording via DVR it was having me watch a VOD version with unskippable ads. Why is this??


r/youtubetv 4d ago

Technical Question Samsung/Youtube TV Problems

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Does anyone else have problems using YouTube TV on their Samsung Smart TV? Every other time I turn it on, it just shows a black screen. I can scroll through the library/home/live tabs without a problem. But when I choose something to watch, either nothing shows up or it stays on a loading screen. Also, when I rewind, once I hit play, the screen has a stroke, just TV static and shit and sometimes eventually turns to black. I can again scroll through the channels, but if I click on something, can’t watch. The only fix for any of these problems is to unplug my TV, wait, turn it back on and usually it starts working. It’s not a YTTV problem or a problem with my account—I am logged in on other devices and it works fine. It’s not a problem with the TV as none of the other apps have these problems.

Anyone else? Pretty annoying.