Where Are YouTube TV’s Genre Plans?!
By Phillip Swann
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TV Answer Man, where are all the YouTube TV genre plans that they promised? Weren’t they supposed to be launched by now? – Robbie, Fairfax, Virginia.
YouTube TV announced on February 9 that it planned to launch less expensive genre plans within a week, including one for sports. The streamer said it would offer more than 10 genre plans before it was done. (The genre plans will provide fewer channels than YouTube TV’s $82.99 a month bundle and therefore will be less expensive.)
But it’s now eight days later and you won’t find any genre plans to order at the YouTube TV web site. So, where are they?
Well, despite the hype, YouTube TV seems to be offering them to select current subscribers only. If you are a YouTube TV subscriber, you can check your Settings to see if the plans are available to you. (Cord Cutters News was first to report that the plans were available in some subs’ Settings.)
It’s possible that YouTube TV has also posted them on its web site in certain zip codes but I haven’t seen any evidence of that.
The quiet rollout – after YouTube TV’s loud press announcement – has frustrated many potential subscribers as you can see here from this X exchange.
Despite YouTube’s response here, the genre plans were not available at the YouTube TV web site on February 10. And they are still not available.
YouTube TV has acknowledged the consumer frustration at its site with this Q&A post:
“I can’t find the new YouTube TV genre plans. When are they going to be available?
We’re slowly rolling them out to all users. We hope to have this completed in the next several weeks. In the meantime, feel free to reference our Help Center for more details.”
When you click on the Help Center link, you are met with this message:
“To ensure the best possible experience for everyone, we are gradually rolling out these new plans. We expect them to be available to all users over the coming weeks.”
So, as for now, the genre plans are Missing In Action for most, if not all, subscribers. The TV Answer Man will monitor this situation and report back here if anything changes.
Robbie, hope that helps. Happy viewing and stay safe!
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