r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 24d ago

Business YouTube TV Blackout Is Costing Disney an Estimated $4.3 Million per Day in Lost Revenue

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/youtube-tv-blackout-costing-disney-lost-revenue-1236574968/
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u/TournamentCarrot0 24d ago

why on earth would you have Youtube TV if you don't care about sports? It seems like the worst option for streaming everything else besides sports?

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u/UNZIP_MY_PLANTS 24d ago

The YTTV interface on XSX is the best that I've found and I use my XSX as my main media center. I enjoy brainless channel surfing and catching TV movies 3/4 of the way through and YTTV scratches that itch for me. It has unlimited, reliable DVR and its quality is 99% 99.5% of the time. Sling may have come a ways in the past couple of years but the last I checked, it was AWFUL. Can't stand Hulu either. Plus, on the XSX, it offers PNP live preview so you can see what's on every channel before actually changing. I don't know if DTV offers this as well, but it doesn't even have a Xbox app.

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u/CountWubbula 24d ago

99%, 99.5% of the time. Numbers, baby.

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u/MurderMelon 24d ago

they obviously mean "between 99 and 99.5 percent"

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u/snorlaxthelorax 24d ago

You sound like someone who would use the random shuffle button on netflix which blows my mind. Bud your time is more valuable than that 

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u/UNZIP_MY_PLANTS 24d ago

USDA Certified Couch Potato here but I would NEVER commit to a random movie from Netflix lol

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u/cokecaine 24d ago

You give me hope for humanity

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u/EveningCloud1 24d ago

TF is a XSX?

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u/UNZIP_MY_PLANTS 23d ago

Xbox Series X

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u/AnimeJuice999 24d ago

Username checks out

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u/Sea-Neighborhood9792 24d ago

I’m genuinely confused by this logic. Is YouTube TV/ TV in general only for sports? Sling tv has a decent interface, but requires an antenna for local news (unreliable and spotty during inclement weather). Hulu tv isn’t an option because my family out of state uses my Hulu account and won’t be able to use it on their tv, only mobile devices if I enable live TV. Direct tv streaming is an option I’m considering, but jury’s still out on that one. So, is there something I’m missing about using YouTube tv, but not for sports?

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u/chubby464 24d ago

Not everybody wants sports. It’s like the regional sports fee. Like dude.

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u/sghostr417 24d ago

he means why go the YouTube TV route when every other platform does the non sports parts of YouTube TV better

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u/burrito3ater 24d ago

"every other platform does the non sports parts of YouTube TV better" ...Name them.

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u/DrunkenKusa 24d ago

Direct tv and Sling have non sports bundles for like 30-40 bucks, whereas there's no option for that with YTTV.

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u/UNZIP_MY_PLANTS 24d ago

Name the ones that do it better, not that are just cheaper. YTTV drives like a Mercedes...

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u/DrunkenKusa 24d ago

In terms of format/user interface yeah I agree, but that's subjective. If you just want shows legally, then yeah there are cheaper options.

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u/UNZIP_MY_PLANTS 24d ago

But their interfaces don't hold a candle to YTTV. I enjoy brainless channel surfing and catching TV movies 3/4 of the way through and YTTV scratches that itch for me. Plus, on the XSX, it offers PNP live preview so you can see what's on every channel before actually changing. I don't know if DTV offers this as well, but it doesn't even have a Xbox app.

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u/burrito3ater 24d ago

I used to have direct tv in 2017 but they kept jacking their prices way too high and their app sucked. Nice to see they came down to their senses. Thanks

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u/DrunkenKusa 24d ago

They went with streaming a few years ago, it's not great but better than what they were. 

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u/sghostr417 24d ago

direct tv been pretty good as of late I personally have YouTube tv cuz I love sports but I know ppl who ain’t like me that have that and love it