You may no longer have access to CBS and CBS sports, as well as other Paramount channels, via YouTube TV after today, February 13. In an ad, YouTube has revealed It is in the midst of negotiations with the company to be able to continue to offer its channels. YouTube says it’s "Fighting for an agreement that avoids transmitting additional costs" to you, which indicates that they cannot agree on a financial agreement that works for both, as well as the one who gives you "No more flexibility in the way you watch your favorite sports and emissions."
In addition to CBS and CBS sports, affected channels include Nickelodeon, Bet, Comedy Central, MTV and VH1. Several additional modules for YouTube TV, such as Paramount + with Showtime, will no longer be available. YouTube started adding Paramount channels to its range in 2020, when YouTube TV still costs $ 50 per month. Today, the live TV streaming service will cost you $ 70 per month for the first half year, then $ 83 per month in the future.
YouTube says that if he cannot conclude an agreement with Paramount, and the content of the company becomes unavailable to "an extended period of time," It will give you $ 8 in credit. Surprisingly, YouTube advises viewers who want continuous access to network programs to register for the Paramount +streaming service, which costs at least $ 8 per month.
Paramount has also started to warn subscribers that they will not be able to access their stations via YouTube TV for the moment and even published a website inform them. The company wrote on the website that it had made a "fair offers series" To keep the canals on the service. "YouTube TV is trying to make paramount pressure to grant unilateral terms, and these non -commercial requests can lead to a avoidable loss of paramount networks on YouTube TV, in addition to the removal of Paramount + and Bet + of Prime Time channels de Youtube, in February 13," A spokesperson for Paramount told Engadget. "Paramount has long history of partnerships successfully and amicably with each major distributor, several of them in recent months, and we will continue our efforts to conclude a new agreement with Youtube TV," They also said.
Update, February 14, 2025, 12:08 p.m.: This story has been updated to add the Paramount declaration.
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