PSA - YouTube TV Will No Longer Carry YES Network

[moogoo]

Does anyone know if having YoutubeTV, we will still be able to use FoxSportsGo and stream from there?

That’s my current idea for a workaround, but am not really sure if it will work or not. If I no longer have access to FSGo or if it’ll be blacked out there too.

It won't work because FSGO uses your TV login, which would be youtubeTV, in order to give you access. So, no YES = No FSGO access.

That's my issue, so I am looking at VPN workarounds. Looks like I'm gonna have to bite the bullet and get NordVPN or CyberGhost... sucks because it's literally all I would use it for cause I have another lifetime VPN service for everything else.

EDIT:

I am gonna go with ExpressVPN. If i'm being forced to pay for another VPN service, I'm gonna get one that's gonna be fast and continuously avoiding the blocking sites do. Seems like ExpressVPN gets the best ratings across the board at the moment.

 

[VernonJohn]

After these first two games I feel like losing YES on my streaming service makes me a winner. Now I only have to feel frustration suffer and be disappointed or 90+ minutes at home matches.

 

[Christopher Jee]

After these first two games I feel like losing YES on my streaming service makes me a winner. Now I only have to feel frustration suffer and be disappointed or 90+ minutes at home matches.

Or watch away games at a bar so you can distribute your sorrow amongst fellow sufferers. My bar for away matches is Banter.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Well, it looks like I won’t be watching any more games the rest of the year.

 

[mgarbowski]

Well, it looks like I won’t be watching any more games the rest of the year.

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It's a shame how this is playing out and making it hard for people to watch games, but I find this an interesting business fight and I'm rooting for the carriers here and not the sports networks.

I don't think rates are the real battle. I think the carriers want to convert regional sports networks to premium channels. Sports programming is by far the most expensive part of basic cable or bundled streaming service like YTTV or Hulu. As popular as the RSN programming is, they tend to be watched by a minority of customers and everyone else ends up subsidizing very expensive programming they don't watch. I'd be OK with that switch. The RSNs and teams hate the idea, because right now they leverage a passionate and substantial (though <50%) fanbase into forcing every subscriber to pay very high fees.

Finally, interesting that Yes is being repped by Sinclair. Sinclair only owns 20% of YES. The Yankees are the biggest shareholder with 26%. But it appears Sinclair has Yes packaged as part of a bundle with all the other RSNs Sinclair does own outright. I wonder if at some point the Yankees decide they need to take over and make separate deals for their network. Meanwhile, NYCFC is just an afterthought along for the ride.

 

[LostAnvil]

Lemme guess: this still means games will be blacked out on ESPN+

 

[moogoo]

Lemme guess: this still means games will be blacked out on ESPN+

yes. just like when YTTV removed YES, it is blacked out for me. I have to watch games on ESPN+ through a VPN from a DC server. works fine though.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

yes. just like when YTTV removed YES, it is blacked out for me. I have to watch games on ESPN+ through a VPN from a DC server. works fine though.

I genuinely feel bad for people who live in big cities. I can’t even comprehend what you’re saying right now.

 

[moogoo]

I genuinely feel bad for people who live in big cities. I can’t even comprehend what you’re saying right now.

There is no issue if you simply subscribe to the local TV services via cable or FIOS (if available). You get your YES and you watch it on your TV with no problems. There are only issues for people who choose to cut the cord and those streaming services aren't able to negotiate licensing deals without having to raise prices even more or take losses, so they cut the channels and hope people don't cancel their subscription.

Streaming services are definitely getting more and more expensive to the point where it may just make sense to subscribe to TV the old fashioned way and get all the channels, some DVR, some on demand. Just can't share it - which is the biggest reason I keep my YTTV as it keeps costs down.

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

There is no issue if you simply subscribe to the local TV services via cable or FIOS (if available). You get your YES and you watch it on your TV with no problems. There are only issues for people who choose to cut the cord and those streaming services aren't able to negotiate licensing deals without having to raise prices even more or take losses, so they cut the channels and hope people don't cancel their subscription.

Streaming services are definitely getting more and more expensive to the point where it may just make sense to subscribe to TV the old fashioned way and get all the channels, some DVR, some on demand. Just can't share it - which is the biggest reason I keep my YTTV as it keeps costs down.

Ah okay that makes sense. We just have the most basic cable package and I get all the local games, NFL and MLB.