YouTube tries to stretch the popularity of its video platform by offering new services related to what it really does well. YouTube Red and YouTube TV are two clear examples, although the first seems to have not quite found its way among users, while the second, YouTube TV, is a service that it is slowly expanding throughout the United States.
YouTube TV is Google's bid to offer a television service that replaces the traditional cable method, widely established in the United States for several decades. YouTube TV makes available through the device's browser or with dedicated applications access to a large number of American channels for $ 35 per month, a device where at the moment there is no Apple TV but if the rest of devices managed by iOS.
A few weeks ago, Google announced the launch of dedicated applications for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, as well as Samsung and Sony smart TVs, Xbox, Chromecast and Android TV. The launch of the dedicated YouTube TV application for Apple TV and Roku devices was scheduled for before the end of the year, but it seems that for now, users with these devices will have to wait.
The expansion of YouTube TV began at the beginning of the year in 5 American cities, and today it is already available in more than 80. Among the channels that YouTube TV gives us in exchange for $ 35 per month, in addition to full access to the YouTube video platform, we find the ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW, Disney, ESPN, FX, USA and a dozen of the main American channels with the greatest circulation.
YouTube TV came to market to compete with Hulu, Sling TV, and DirecTV Now, services that They already have a dedicated application for Apple TV for a long time, both fourth and fifth generation.
