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Streaming Hell: YouTube TV Crashed Last Night. Here s What Happened.
Those who have gotten rid of cable and switched to a vMVPD service do so with the expectation that the service will be reliable. However, one of those services suffered an outage on Tuesday night.
Those who have gotten rid of cable and switched to a vMVPD service do so with the expectation that the service will be reliable. However, one of those services suffered an outage on Tuesday night.
YouTube TV crashed on Tuesday night, per the website Down Detector. The site’s graph listed the peak of the outage at 11:18 p.m. on Tuesday, although the outage appeared to have been resolved within hours.
YouTube TV removed from Roku devices amid Google contract dispute
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FILE - This Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, file photo shows the YouTube TV logo at the YouTube Space LA in Los Angeles. To get a full slate of programming, TV watchers may soon have to subscribe to several services instead of just one or two. Among those options will be services like Netflix and Hulu that offer a wide range of video from a variety of sources; cable-like skinny bundles such as FuboTV, Sling and YouTube TV that offer a variety of live channels; and channel- or network-specific services like Disney Plus. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Roku on Monday notified its users via email that YouTube TV may be forced off its platform entirely, alleging anti-competitive demands from Google that include requests for preferential treatment of its YouTube TV and YouTube apps.Why it matters: It's one of the first big carriage disputes around anti-competitive behavior in the streaming era. Unlike most streaming TV carriage fights, Roku says it's not asking for more money, but for better terms around anti-competitive demands from Google — such as being asked to favor Google products in Roku search results. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Roku and Google compete on a number of fronts, including smart TV hardware devices, smart TV operating systems and smart TV content. The carriage agreement between the two companies is set to expire imminently.Details: Roku says Google is threatening the removal of YouTube TV to force Roku to grant preferential access to its consumer data m