After teasing in December, “YouTube TV Plans” are rolling out this week as cheaper alternatives to paying $82.99 per month for over 100 channels. YouTube TV will offer genre-specific bundles. For ...

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Google has launched a new YouTube TV offer that not only gives customers a 10-day free trial, but drops the price by over $20 for their first two months of service. Available now through YouTube TV’s ...

Last year, like 2024, 2023, and, well, probably most years since 2005, was the Year of YouTube. The video platform has become massively successful in every dimension: It’s got at least 2.5 billion ...

A new study shows AI slop makes up more than 20% of YouTube. Brainrot, or poor quality content, makes up 33%. There's no incentive for creators to try to lessen AI slop. If you feel like you're seeing ...

YouTube’s big streaming lead over Netflix and other competitors stems in large part to its dominance during daylight hours. Credit...Fortunate Joaquin Supported by By John Koblin At Nancy Ann Ling’s ...

The most telling point (so far) of Netflix’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, HBO and streaming businesses came from the company itself. In pushing back on claims that the deal would be ...

The Oscars will be exclusively streamed on YouTube beginning in 2029. Angela Weiss / Getty Images For the first time ever, the Oscars will leave broadcast TV. Starting in 2029, the biggest non-sports ...

YouTube chief Neal Mohan has been named Time CEO of the Year for 2025. “The entire dynamics of the entire media industry are changing before our eyes,” Mohan said in an interview with Time published ...

YouTube has launched its first-ever personalized end-of-year summary called YouTube Recap. The feature shows users their top videos, genres, and music, and assigns a personality type based on viewing ...

The Influencer Lilly Gaddis has claimed that her YouTube channel has been demonetized for being “too pro-White.” Gaddis, who has a following of over 240,000 on X and over 60,000 on Instagram, ...

As the YouTube–Disney carriage battle approaches the 2-week mark, it is following the financial trajectory of many such standoffs: Both sides appear to be losing, to varying degrees. The question now ...