‘It’s absurd’: YouTube TV subscribers are ditching their new sports subscription despite its tempting price tag

• YouTube TV is rolling out over 10 new genre-specific plans, including designated tiers for sports and entertainment fans
• The new plans roll out this week and aim to give users more control over what they want to stream
• However, ESPN Unlimited won’t be available until the fall of 2026, which has rubbed sports fans the wrong way

The days of YouTube TV’s one-of-a-kind subscription plan are over, and the company is finally rolling out new genre-specific packages starting this week after teasing the upgrade a few weeks back.

Since its inception in 2017, YouTube TV has only offered its members one “all-or-nothing” subscription plan, which includes over 100 networks across a wide variety of channels and genres, for an expensive fee of $82.99 per month. The new 10+ content plans are designed to give customers “more control over their subscriptions,” the platform said in its announcement.

When the new tiers roll out, you’ll be able to choose genre-specific bundles based on the content you want to stream, saving you a little bit of money each month instead of paying for channels you’ll never get around to watching – and there’s plenty to choose from.

Designed for the biggest sports fans out there, the new sports plan ($64.99 per month) bundles the most popular sports broadcasts into one package, including FS1, NBC Sports Network and more. There’s also the new Sports + News Plan ($71.99 per month), which gives you access to all the regular sports channels as well as news networks like CNBC, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN.