Google announces YouTube TV live streaming service at $35 per month

We’ve been hearing about it for a while, and now it is officially here: YouTube TV, the service’s own live streaming television service.

Google has announced YouTube TV, an online service to live-stream and record a portion of the US’s premium and cable television networks. Additionally customers can add Showtime or Fox Soccer Plus for an additional cost, bringing the entire number of networks available to subscribers to 40.

Although six users can log into a single subscription on multiple YouTube accounts, the live streaming access it restricted to just three videos at any given time.

Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, said consumers will be able to seamlessly move between the phone and the TV screen via Google Chromecast. The company said the service will launch soon in major United States markets and then roll out “quickly” across the country.

There’s also AT&T’s DirecTV Now; Sony‘s Vue; Dish’s Sling; and other similar streaming services.

YouTube TV will also grant access to the many series produced by the platform’s advertisement-free YouTube Red channel.

With YouTube TV, viewers can also record live shows onto a “cloud DVR” to view later. The service would include the four major networks-ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC-along with 30 other cable channels for $35 a month. Some of the stations involved will include FX, Fox Sports, ESPN, and the USA Network.

It is possible tostream to a regular TV set with a Google Chromecast or watch on a Chromecast built-in TV. Do you think it will make people want to switch from their regular satellite cable TV operators?

One of YouTube TV’s most attractive features is an unlimited storage cloud DVR.

“It’s live TV designed for the YouTube generation-those who want to watch what they want, when they want, how they want, without commitments”.

YouTube reckons there “too many limits” on how we can watch TV.