The Rising Cost of Cable Cutting

Recently, I did a trial of Showtime so I could re-watch Twin Peaks: The Return (which I highly recommend). Today, as I went to cancel my trial in Google’s YouTubeTV portal, I was offered a menu of different add-on’s.

When YouTubeTV started in 2015, it was a mere $35/mo. Today, it goes for more than double that, at $82.99. If you wanted to blame that on inflation, you’d be way off (to a magnitude of 6x).

So, I was curious, what would it cost if you added all of the available options? I took to Microsoft Copilot to help me run the numbers:

If you were to add every monthly option available on YouTube TV, here’s a breakdown of the costs:

  • Base Plan: $82.99/mo
  • Paramount+ with SHOWTIME: $10.99/mo
  • 4K Plus: $9.99/mo
  • Max: $16.99/mo
  • NBA League Pass: $16.99/mo
  • Hallmark+: $7.99/mo
  • Entertainment Plus: $29.99/mo
  • NFL RedZone with Sports Plus: $10.99/mo
  • Spanish Plus: $14.99/mo
  • Filipino Plus: $18.99/mo
  • GMA Pinoy: $14.99/mo
  • STARZ: $10.99/mo
  • Crunchyroll: $7.99/mo
  • ViX Premium: $8.99/mo
  • Cinemax: $9.99/mo
  • FOX Nation: $7.99/mo
  • WNBA League Pass: $12.99/mo
  • ScreenPix: $2.99/mo
  • MGM+: $6.99/mo
  • CuriosityStream: $4.99/mo
  • STARZ + MGM+: $11.99/mo
  • AMC+: $9.99/mo
  • BET+: $10.99/mo
  • Shudder: $6.99/mo
  • Sundance Now: $6.99/mo
  • Zee Family: $14.99/mo
  • Here TV: $7.99/mo
  • Acorn TV: $7.99/mo
  • IFC Films Unlimited: $5.99/mo
  • ALLBLK: $6.99/mo
  • Docurama: $4.99/mo
  • CONtv: $5.99/mo
  • Dove: $4.99/mo
  • Law & Crime: $1.99/mo
  • UP Faith & Family: $5.99/mo
  • Fandor: $3.99/mo
  • Screambox: $6.99/mo
  • Comedy Dynamics: $4.99/mo
  • VSiN: $3.99/mo
  • Outside Features: $4.99/mo
  • The Great Courses: $7.99/mo
  • MovieSphere: $4.99/mo
  • MyOutdoorTV: $9.99/mo
  • PokerGO: $19.99/mo
  • Dekkoo: $9.99/mo
  • Tastemade+: $2.99/mo
  • Magnolia Selects: $4.99/mo
  • atresplayer: $5.99/mo
  • Gaia: $13.99/mo
  • Classica: $6.99/mo
  • Qello Concerts: $7.99/mo
  • Hopster Learning: $4.99/mo
  • Hi-YAH!: $3.99/mo
  • Stingray DJazz: $6.99/mo
  • RCN Total: $4.99/mo

Adding all these options together, the total monthly cost would be $522.76.

That’s quite a lineup!

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