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Over 100 PBS local stations are streaming on YouTube TV

#YouTubeTV #PBS #PBSKids Earlier this year,  PBS announced  it had secured for its member stations streaming agreements on YouTube’s live TV service, YouTube TV. Today, that deal goes live. PBS says more than 100 of its local stations are now available on YouTube TV by way of dedicated live channels for both PBS and PBS Kids, as well through on-demand programming. More stations are expected to be added in 2020, PBS notes. PBS service is available to 75% of U.S. households via YouTube TV, significantly broadening PBS’ reach among cord-cutters. Before today, PBS programming has been available through the PBS.org and PBSKids.org websites, as well as the PBS Video app and PBS Kids app for iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung TV and Chromecast. Some of its programming has also been  available on-demand  via channels offered by Amazon and Apple, as well as through popular on-demand streaming services like Netflix. And of course, U.S. households can also pick up

YouTubeTV Addition of PBS & PBS Kids, by the end of the year

#PBS #YouTubeTV A few weeks ago,  you may have seen our report that PBS would be added to YouTube TV starting on the 4th of November. Now according to several PBS Stations YouTube TV and PBS have jointly decided to delay the rollout of YouTube TV for a few more weeks. According to a post on Twitter from the Twin Cities PBS both YoUtube TV and PBS hope to have PBS live on YouTube TV by the end of 2019. “PBS and YouTube TV have jointly decided to delay the launch for a few more weeks with a target prior to 2020.  Everyone wants the best experience for viewers, therefore some final testing is still being rolled out.” This is breaking news more coming soon. By Luke Bouma -cordcuttersnews.com