‘It’s absurd’: YouTube TV subscribers slam its new sports subscription plan, despite its tempting price tag

• YouTube TV is rolling out over 10 new genre-specific plans, including designated tiers for sports and entertainment fans
• The new plans are rolling out this week, and aim to give users more control over what they want to stream
• However, ESPN Unlimited won’t be available until fall 2026, which has rubbed sports fans the wrong way

The days of YouTube TV’s singular subscription plan are over, and the company is finally rolling out new genre-specific packages from this week after teasing the upgrade a few weeks back.

Since its inception in 2017, YouTube TV has offered its members only one ‘all-or-nothing’ subscription plan, which includes over 100 networks across a multitude of channels and genres, for a costly fee of $82.99 a month. The new 10+ content plans are designed to give customers “more control over their subscriptions”, the platform said in its announcement.

When the new tiers roll out, you’ll be able to select genre-specific bundles based on the content you want to stream, saving you a little bit of cash each month instead of paying for channels you never get around to viewing – and there are plenty to choose from.

The new Sports Plan ($64.99 per month) is designed for the biggest sports fans out there, bundling the most popular sports broadcasters into one package including FS1, NBC Sports Network and more. There’s also the new Sports + News Plan ($71.99 per month), which gives you access to all the regular sports channels as well as news networks such as CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN.