Tag Archives: PayTV

Having rapidly grown from startup to dominant pay-TV operator, YouTube TV now appears to be looking to level up again by incorporating partners’ streaming programming directly into its user interface. This drive to “ingest” content, as opposed to merely “integrating” third-party services as many operators already do, has become a point of contention in a carriage standoff with NBCUniversal. In …

Disney this week launched ESPN direct-to-consumer sports streamer — to get “all of ESPN, all in one place,” with no need to subscribe to a cable, satellite or internet TV service. The premium ESPN Unlimited tier is regularly priced at $29.99 per month. But some pay-TV subscribers already have access to everything in ESPN Unlimited as part of their plan, …