YouTube TV Could Drop CBS, MTV and Other Companies
Access to CBS and other Paramount channels across a range of plans and add-ons may soon be unavailable to YouTube TV users. Base and Spanish plans, as well as BET+, Entertainment Plus, Paramount+ with Showtime, and Spanish Plus add-ons, will be impacted by this change. DVR recordings will no longer be accessible after February 13, 2025, when the channels are scheduled to be discontinued.
YouTube TV was trying to coerce Paramount into agreeing to “one-sided terms” and “non-market demands” that could result in the withdrawal of Paramount’s networks from YouTube TV, the company explained on Wednesday.
CBS Sports Network, Paramount Network, CMT, Nick Jr., Smithsonian Channel, TV Land, and VH1 are among the other Paramount channels that could be taken down from YouTube TV.
Ten additional local CBS News & Stations may go dark, including Atlanta (WUPA), Boston (WSBK), Dallas Fort Worth (KTXA), New York (WLNY), Philadelphia (WPSG), Pittsburgh (WPCW), Sacramento (KMAX), San Francisco (KPYX), Seattle (KSTW), and Tampa Bay (WTOG).
Customers would also lose their DVR recordings of Paramount content if YouTube TV experienced a Paramount blackout.
In addition to the removal of Paramount+ and BET+ from YouTube’s Primetime Channels on February 13, a Paramount spokesperson explained that YouTube TV is trying to coerce Paramount into accepting unfavourable terms that could result in the avoidable loss of Paramount’s networks on YouTube TV.
As was explained by the Paramount representative, “We have made a series of fair offers to continue our long-standing relationship with Google’s YouTube TV, providing subscribers access to the full array of Paramount’s entertainment, news and sports programming,” a Paramount rep said in a statement. “Paramount has become an essential partner with a leading portfolio of channels among YouTube TV households, including CBS — America’s most-watched network — and hit franchises like Paramount Network’s Yellowstone, the top entertainment show on cable.”
According to Google, YouTube TV has over 8 million subscribers since its February 2017 launch. This makes it the largest pay-TV service in the United States that is offered via the internet.
Additionally:
For every bill you receive while Paramount’s material is missing, you will automatically receive $10 off this bundle if you have Entertainment Plus.
You will not be charged for your subscription if you have Paramount+ with Showtime or BET+, and you will be automatically refunded the amount of your most recent transaction.
