YouTube announced that all Paramount content, including digital channels, local stations, and other add-ons, will become unavailable after February 13. This also includes CBS and CBS Sports, which are one of the major TV networks in the United States.
YouTube and Paramount Can’t Agree on Pricing
According to YouTube’s Official Blog, it has been negotiating with Paramount so that it can stream the latter’s channels on YouTube TV without further increasing subscription costs. However, it seems that the two parties are at impasse, so users won’t be able to access them after YouTube’s current contract lapses.
Aside from losing access to CBS and CBS Sports, the following channels and local stations will also be affected:
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- BET
- BET Her
- CMT
- Comedy Central
- Comet TV
- Dabl
- MTV
- MTV Classic
- MTV2
- MyNetwork TV
- NewsNation
- Nick Jr.
- Nick Toons
- Nickelodeon
- Paramount
- Pop
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- Smithsonian Channel
- Start TV
- Teen Nick
- Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas
- TV Land
- VH1
- Atlanta 69 (WUPA)
- Boston TV38 (WSBK)
- Dallas-Fort Worth KTXA
- New York (WLNYDT)
- Philadelphia 57 (WPSG)
- Pittsburgh KDKA+ (WPCW)
- Sacramento KMAX 31 (KMAX)
- San Francisco KPIX+ (KPYX)
- Seattle 11 (KSTW)
- Tampa Bay 44 (WTOG)
The following plans and add-ons will also be removed from YouTube TV: Base plan, Spanish plan, BET+, Entertainment Plus, Paramount+ with Showtime, and Spanish Plus. This includes access to previous Library recordings, so you should binge-watch them before February 13 ends.
This is not the end of the Paramount content on YouTube, though, as the company says that it’s still in negotiations with the company. However, if it cannot get these shows back on its services soon enough, YouTube says it will offer its subscribers an $8 credit — about the same price as a one-month base subscription of Paramount+.
So, if you’re a fan of Paramount’s offerings, you can temporarily subscribe to it while the two companies are ironing things out. Alternatively, it might be time to ditch YouTube TV for these substitutes.
It seems that Paramount wants to increase the prices it’s charging its partners, which will likely result in monthly subscriptions costs going up even further. This isn’t the first time that we’re hearing about price increases, especially as several streaming platforms, including YouTube TV, Netflix, Amazon Music, Fubo, and more are upping their monthly prices. Despite that, we still find services like these, especially YouTube TV, of great value because of the features they have.
