Comcast is introducing YouTube TV to its Xfinity Flex gadgets, offering customers one other avenue for opting out of conventional cable.
YouTube was beforehand supported on Comcast’s Flex bins, however the addition of YouTube TV provides customers the flexibility to get some 85-plus dwell tv channels for $65 monthly. It’s not the primary dwell TV streaming service to reach on the platform — Sling and Hulu with Reside TV had been already supported. Nevertheless it does diversify the streaming choices for individuals who don’t wish to pay Comcast for cable.
Colin Petrie-Norris, senior vp of client leisure at Xfinity, mentioned in an announcement that the addition of YouTube TV “is one other instance of how we encompass our broadband service with worth, giving our prospects entry to all their most popular content material and subscriptions on one gadget.”
It’s a curious transfer from a cable supplier, nevertheless it additionally is sensible if Comcast needs to remain aggressive in opposition to different over-the-top bins like Roku, Hearth TV Stick, or Chromecast — all of which assist YouTube TV. Presently, Comcast offers the bins to its Xfinity Web prospects at no further price, nevertheless it does want folks to make use of them. And which means supporting standard apps.
YouTube TV is obtainable to Flex customers starting at present.
Disclosure: Comcast is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s guardian firm.
