YouTube TV unbundles channels for the first time with new $34.99 ‘Spanish Plan’

Historically, Google’s cord-cutting service has required that you subscribe to the ballooning — both in price and channels — “Base Plan.” That’s starting to change as YouTube TV now offers a separate “Spanish Plan.”

It’s advertised as letting you “Get the best of YouTube TV – with a lineup of only Spanish networks.” This includes “28+ Spanish networks of live sports, telenovelas, shows, and more,” as well as unlimited DVR space and six household accounts to share. Those two service features remain unchanged.

Spanish Plus costs $34.99 per month, but is currently $10 off for your first six months. The full lineup is as follows:

In comparison, the Base Plan comes with over 85 channels and costs $64.99. Many add-ons are offered, and Spanish Plus is now available with 25+ channels for $14.99/month, though it’s currently discounted to $9.99. 

Google first alluded to exploring “flexible” unbundling back in June of 2020 during the last price increase. Hopefully, YouTube TV will offer more than just the Spanish Plan in the future to let people switch to lower-priced tiers. The ideal scenario would be letting each person choose what they want to subscribe to, but the nature of contracts likely prohibits that.

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• TiVo Stream 4K gets YouTube TV integration in live guide and search
• YouTube TV finally rolling out picture-in-picture (PiP) to the iPhone and iPad