YouTube TV is eradicating CBS, Nickelodeon and different Paramount channels

You might not have entry to CBS and CBS Sports activities, together with Paramount's different channels, via YouTube TV after in the present day, February 13. In an announcement, YouTube has revealed that it's in the course of negotiations with the corporate to have the ability to proceed providing its channels. YouTube says it's "preventing for an settlement that avoids passing alongside extra prices" to you, which signifies that they’ll't agree on a monetary deal that works for each of them, in addition to one that offers you "extra flexibility in the way you watch your favourite sports activities and exhibits."

Along with CBS and CBS Sports activities, the channels affected embrace Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, MTV and VH1. A number of add-ons for YouTube TV, resembling Paramount+ with Showtime, will not be accessible, as nicely. YouTube began adding Paramount's channels to its lineup in 2020, when YouTube TV nonetheless price $50 a month. In the present day, the reside TV streaming service will set you again $70 a month for the primary half yr after which $83 a month going ahead.

YouTube says that if it might't attain a cope with Paramount, and the corporate's content material turns into unavailable for "an prolonged time frame," it offers you $8 in credit score. Surprisingly, YouTube is advising viewers who need continued entry to the networks exhibits to enroll in the Paramount+ streaming service, which prices at the least $8 a month.

Paramount has additionally began warning subscribers that they gained't have the ability to entry its stations via YouTube TV for now and has even published a website informing them about it. The corporate wrote on the web site that it has made a "sequence of honest provides" to maintain the channels on the service. "YouTube TV is trying to strain Paramount to comply with one-sided phrases, and these non-market calls for might result in an avoidable lack of Paramount’s networks on YouTube TV, along with the elimination of Paramount+ and BET+ from YouTube’s Primetime Channels, on February 13," a Paramount spokesperson informed Engadget. "Paramount has a protracted observe report of efficiently and amicably renewing partnerships with each main distributor, together with a number of in current months, and we are going to proceed our efforts to succeed in a brand new settlement with YouTube TV," in addition they mentioned.

Replace, February 14, 2025, 12:08 AM ET: This story has been up to date so as to add Paramount's assertion.

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