The wave of streaming service price hikes continues this week, as Google announced that its monthly subscription for YouTube TV jumped from $39.99 to $49.99 on Wednesday, April 10th. The sudden increase is a result of YouTube TV signing a multiyear deal with Discovery, bringing eight new channels to the service: Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, and MotorTrend.
In addition, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is coming later this year, and EPIX is available for an additional charge.
The $49.99 subscription is effectively immediately for all new subscribers, while current subscribers will see the price reflected in their next billing cycle after May 13th. Google adds that any YouTube TV members who are billed through Apple will see the cost of their subscription jump an additional $5 to $54.99 per month.
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