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YouTube TV Adds 4-Channel Multiview for $82.99 Plan

4/30/2026

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YouTube TV Multiview

YouTube TV is launching a fully customizable multiview feature for main-plan subscribers and new genre-based packages.
It lets users show up to four live channels from any network, including add-on services such as NFL Sunday Ticket, while some family-friendly programming is excluded.
The multiview runs on YouTube TV’s servers, so no hardware is required.
The base plan costs $82.99 per month and provides access to over 100 channels.

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YouTube TV Expands

YouTube TV added an expanded Multiview builder after user feedback for more sports flexibility.
The feature shows only live streams and excludes video-on-demand and DVR recordings.
Multiview also omits select family-friendly content and, for older devices, limits about 5 % of users to tentpole events like the NFL or World Cup.
Full customization will reach all U.S. YouTube TV subscribers within the next few weeks.

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YouTube TV SportsPlan

YouTube TV launched a Sports Plan for $64.99 per month, cheaper than its standard $82.99 plan.
The plan offers nearly every live-sports channel—ESPN, Fox, CBS, ABC, NBC, Big Ten, SEC, TBS and TNT—requiring users to add the exclusive Sunday Ticket to see all NFL games.
A comparable bundle of FOX ONE/ESPN Unlimited ($39.99), Peacock ($10.99) and Paramount+ ($8.99) costs $59.97, about $5 less than the Sports Plan.

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YouTube TV Launches

Neal Mohan posted on X on April 28, 2026 that YouTube TV will launch a fully customizable multiview builder.
The update will embed ESPN Unlimited, making YouTube TV the first platform to stream ESPN’s exclusive content directly.
By allowing local-market NFL games alongside out-of-market Sunday Ticket feeds, the feature lifts a long-standing restriction.
YouTube TV’s skinny-bundle offerings for sports viewers signal a strategic push to grow its share of the sports market.
Executives note multiview is now nearly mandatory as rivals already provide similar capabilities.

History

Historical Context

Google launched YouTube TV on April 5 2017 with an $35 base plan, 85 channels and partners such as ESPN, NBCUniversal, Fox, CBS and the NFL, attracting 2.5 million early users. After securing exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket rights in 2022, the service now offers a 2026 multiview feature that streams up to four live feeds—including the ticket—directly from Google’s servers.

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YouTube TV Multiview

YouTube TV is launching a fully customizable multiview feature for main-plan subscribers and new genre-based packages.
It lets users show up to four live channels from any network, including add-on services such as NFL Sunday Ticket, while some family-friendly programming is excluded.
The multiview runs on YouTube TV’s servers, so no hardware is required.
The base plan costs $82.99 per month and provides access to over 100 channels.

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