Will YouTube TV pay you $60 to come back?
Will YouTube TV pay you $60 to come back?
Some departed users are reporting receiving promotional offers to return to YouTube TV for a $60 discount off their first month of service.
Disney-owned channels were blacked out on YouTube TV for two weeks at the start of November. The channels have now been restored, but there has already been plenty of damage done to YouTube TV in terms of subscriber defections. Since the streamer doesn’t regularly share subscriber totals, we won’t know precisely how many viewers canceled their subscriptions thanks to the Disney dispute, but there obviously were some. On Monday, some of those departed YouTube TV customers reported they were getting offers from the service to return with a steep discount off their first month of service.
Key Details:
- Want to save some money?: YouTube TV is offering some former customers $60 off their first month to come back.
- Not a blanket offer: The $60 discount has not been offered to 100% of past YouTube TV customers.
- It’s something: Customers who did not cancel can still take advantage of YouTube TV’s $20 credit offer.
Reddit user sdiori and others report that they have received offers to return to YouTube TV after canceling, and can take advantage of a $60 discount off their first month of service if they do come back. That discount will lower the price of one month of YouTube TV to $23.
Other users who reported that they had threatened to cancel got an offer for $10 off their bill for their next six months, also totaling up to a savings of $60. Still others who canceled say they haven’t gotten any promotional offer at all yet, so it appears, at the very least, YouTube TV is distributing the discount on a rolling basis.
Those who did not cancel their YouTube TV subscriptions, or threaten to do so, can still claim a $20 credit off their next monthly bill. YouTube TV first pledged when it entered the dispute with Disney that it would give all customers such a credit if a blackout restricted access to the channels for an extended period of time, and first began informing customers it would give out this credit on Nov. 10.
A survey taken during the dispute found that nearly 25% of YouTube TV subscribers at least considered canceling their subscription during the Disney blackout, so the cancellation reaction may have been substantial. Offering a discount of more than 70% off one month of service to departing customers is another indication that YouTube TV may have suffered a large defection of subscribers.
Are you a former YouTube TV customer who got the $60 credit offer? Sound off in the comments if you intend to take YouTube TV up on the discount.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV is a live TV streaming service with more than 60 channels for $82.99/month. This plan includes local channels 32 of the top 35 cable channels, and regional sports networks (RSNs) in select markets. The base plan includes more than 100 live channels, including major broadcast networks like ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC, as well as popular cable channels such as ESPN, CNN, FX, USA Network, and TNT. Local channels are included in most markets, making YouTube TV a full replacement for traditional cable for many viewers.