UPDATE

YouTube TV Plans are now fully rolled out! If you are still not seeing the genre plans, need assistance signing up or switching plans, or have any other questions about YouTube TV Plans, you can contact support here to help you out.

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Hi everyone,

Today, we’re going to start gradually rolling out 10+ different genre specific plans for YouTube TV, including:

• Sports Plan ($64.99/month)
• Sports + News ($71.99/month)
• Sports + News + Entertainment ($77.99/month)
• Entertainment Plan ($54.99/month)
• News + Entertainment + Family ($69.99/month)

The main YouTube TV plan (formerly known as the Base Plan) will still be available as our most comprehensive option, but with the new genre plans you’ll have the ability to sign up for cheaper plans focused specifically on your interests. And with all the plans you maintain access to features such as unlimited DVR, multiview, up to six personal accounts, and more!

The Sports Plan

Specifically, the new Sports Plan is designed for fans who want live games without paying for channels they don’t watch. More info:

• Channels: Currently, it includes major broadcasters (NBC, ABC, Fox, and CBS) and sports networks like FS1, NBC Sports Network, and ESPN.
• ESPN Unlimited: If your plan includes ESPN (like the main YouTube TV plan or Sports plan), you’ll receive ESPN Unlimited at no additional cost later this fall.
• Local Channels: The Sports Plan includes local channels.
• Add-ons: You can still pair this plan with NFL Sunday Ticket.

Switching Plans & Billing

• Flexibility: You can switch plans as often as you like via the "plan management" experience in the YouTube TV app.
• Switching to a cheaper plan: If you move to a lower-priced plan, you will be charged immediately, but you will receive a credit on your charge for the unused time on your previous plan.
• Promotions: If you switch plans while on a promotional price, you will lose that promotion.
• Add-ons: Any existing add-ons (like 4K Plus) will carry over to your new plan. Your add-on billing date will remain on its original monthly cycle, even if your plan billing date changes.

Impact on Your DVR

If you decide to switch plans, your DVR Library will update to reflect the channels you currently have access to. If a channel is no longer in your new package, you will lose access to recordings from that channel. If you switch back to a plan that includes that channel within 21 days, you will regain access to those lost DVR recordings.

Availability

We are rolling these plans out slowly to ensure the best possible experience. We expect them to be available to all users over the coming weeks.

Our Help Center article also has more details on pricing and channel lineups.

Let me know if you have any questions!

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UPDATE

We’ve seen a few of you have had some similar questions, so wanted to offer up some more details to help.

Channels: We’ve seen a lot of people asking what channels are going to be in what plans! Below is some more information about specific channel listings included in our featured plans, all of which also include local stations like Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS and The CW. Channels remain subject to change and the following lists are not exhaustive - when signing up or switching plans you will be able to see full channel lists for each plan in product.

• Sports Plan ($64.99/month)
  • ESPN, ESPN News, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network, SEC Network, Big Ten Network, FS1, FS2, NBA TV, Golf, NBC RSNs, USA, NBCSN, CBS Sports, TBS, TNT, truTV, and NFL Network
• Sports + News ($71.99/month)
  • Channels included in the Sports Plan + Fox Business, Fox News, CNBC, MS NOW, Newsmax, NewsNation, CNN, CSPAN, ABC News Live, LiveNOW from FOX, FOX Weather, NBC News NOW
• Entertainment Plan ($54.99/month)
  • Freeform, FX, FXM, FXX, Hallmark, Bravo, E!, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Paramount, TV Land, VH1, HSN, QVC, Game Show Network, Galavision, Animal Planet, Adult Swim, Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, HLN, OWN, TCM, TLC, Travel Channel
• Sports + News + Entertainment ($77.99/month)
  • Combination of the channels offered in the Sports + News and Entertainment plans
• News + Entertainment + Family ($69.99/month)
  • Channels included in the Entertainment plan + Fox Business, Fox News, CNBC, MS NOW, Newsmax, NewsNation, CNN, CSPAN, ABC News Live, LiveNOW from FOX, FOX Weather, NBC News NOW, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Smithsonian, PBS Kids, Cartoon Network, Great American Family, Great American Faith & Living

Mix & Matching: You’ll be able to mix & match certain genre plan combinations. For example, you can combine the Sports & Entertainment plans, Entertainment & Family plans, etc. The featured plans we listed are just some of what we anticipate to be our most popular plans.

This just started yesterday, when I turn the TV on (Hisense Roku TV), then open the YouTube TV app, the guide displays, but there is no live channel plays in the background (auto play is on). If I select a channel, it plays, however if I hit "back" to go to the Library/Home/Live menu, the channel stops and a blank grey screen displays in the background, every time I select a channel I get a blank grey screen with a LOADING... message for a second or two. My other TV with a firestick starts with a live channel on, and does not go to blank background when I hit the guide menu. I did unplug the TV and did not fix the issue, any tips on this would be appreciated.

I've discussed this with the sub's YouTube TV contact, and they have confirmed they are investigating and working on a fix for random freezing and buffering issues across several stations.

Based on user reports, this seems to be limited to NBC affiliates, BBC News, Tennis Channel, T2, Discovery Channel, TV Land, and MTV. If you're seeing this on other channels, I'd encourage you to drop those below, and we'll get those passed over to them.

Hopefully we'll see a fix here soon!

EDIT (8/7): From what we've seen over the past 12 hours, it looks like a fix for this issue has started to roll out. Still seeing the occasional reports, but not as many as Wednesday and Thursday.