Just like you need the Facebook app on your iPhone before you can view someone’s profile, you typically need a streaming app on your Roku or Fire TV before you can watch a live TV channel. Remember, when you do something like watch CNN without cable on a Roku device, you’re not just “watching CNN on Roku.” What you’re really doing is using the Roku device and platform to access a service, and then that service is delivering CNN. Select Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) - coverage varies by location Let's take a look at what live TV networks you'll get with a YouTube TV subscription.

With or without a subscription, these cost the same to buy or rent from YouTube (or, for that matter, from Amazon, Vudu, or another unaffiliated service). This isn’t actually something that’s exclusive to a YouTube TV subscription, though, because you could just as easily rent these same movies and TV shows on without a YouTube TV subscription. YouTube TV’s app also gives viewers the option to buy or rent movies and TV shows from YouTube. Movies for rent or purchase on YouTube TV (Fire TV)

YouTube TV’s on-demand content also includes a few YouTube original series. Like a lot of other live TV streaming services, YouTube TV lets you rewind live TV, save movies and shows with a “cloud DVR” feature, and even browse a menu full of on-demand content, which is largely drawn from recent live TV broadcasts. With that said, there are a couple of other types of YouTube TV content that we should talk about.įirst, there’s the on-demand content. These live TV channels are YouTube TV’s main draw. YouTube TV’s channel guide as seen in the service’s web app In other words, this service gives you cable-like live TV - without cable.

Like cable, it includes multiple channels - the same familiar ones that cord “havers” get, like ESPN, MTV, and TBS. YouTube TV is a streaming alternative to cable or satellite TV. If you’re familiar with our coverage of fuboTV, Sling TV, and other “skinny bundle” services, then you already know what to expect here. If there’s one question that matters most in streaming, it’s this one: What can you watch? Let’s take a tour of YouTube TV together and get acquainted with all of the features and details that make YouTube TV different from other streaming services. That’s the most important thing to know about YouTube TV, but it’s certainly not the only thing that you ought to be aware of. The real deal with YouTube TV is that it’s Google’s live TV streaming service, a cable-replacement subscription that works more or less like fuboTV and Sling TV, among others. What is YouTube TV? For starters, it’s not YouTube - you won’t find much in the way of cat videos or pranks on YouTube TV.

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