Hulu with Live TV just got a price hike — what you need to know

Hulu with Live TV but got a price hike — what you lot demand to know

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Hulu with Live Tv — the streaming service'southward cord-cutter package — just got more expensive. A new study from Deadline says the service is informing customers that information technology's going up by $10 per calendar month starting Dec. 18.

This increment will bring the Hulu with Live Television set price to $65 per month, tied with YouTube TV for the most expensive service. Fubo TV is currently $60 per month. Hulu is non giving a reason for the eighteen% toll hike.

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Correct now the Walt Disney Co.-owned Hulu is probably just hoping that customers enjoy their service that much that they won't switch over. Hulu with Live TV is the only service of its kind to offer originals, a cardinal differentiator.

The only problem is that YouTube TV does offer 20 more channels per month, which includes Viacom-owned networks such as Comedy Primal and VH1. Those channels were among the recently-added additions to the YouTube Idiot box roster around the time of that service's most contempo price hike — which saw a whopping $15 get added to its monthly price back in June.

Sling even so offers its $30 per month rate, merely its assortment is only "more than 30 channels," while Hulu'south got more than sixty, and YouTube TV has more 85.

Hulu with Alive Television set isn't the just streaming service to go a rate hike, only Netflix's $1 increase to its Standard program and $2 increment to the 4K Premium plan were much less harsh.

Walt Disney Co. is likely attempting to start loses from elsewhere in its business. Its most recent earnings call revealed that it lost money overall last quarter, as COVID-19 impacts its abilities to earn at the box office and the visitor continues to disagree with California Governor Gavin Newsom, who's stated that the state's theme parks will continue to be close downwardly to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Henry is a senior editor at Tom's Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom'due south Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'due south also covered the wild world of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.