Take a sigh of aid, faculty basketball and golf followers who use YouTube TV.
Disaster has been averted.
YouTube TV and Paramount reached a deal Friday night time.
The deal means YouTube TV will proceed carrying CBS, CBS sports activities and the remainder of Paramount’s channels on its platform.
“Members, we’re happy to share that we’ve reached a deal to continue carrying Paramount content on YouTube TV,” the streaming platform stated in a press release. “That means you still have access to channels like CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon. Add-ons like Paramount+ with SHOWTIME and BET+ also remain uninterrupted.”
On Wednesday, YouTube TV introduced that “despite our best efforts, we’ve been unable to reach a fair deal with Paramount to keep their channels on YouTube TV and their channels may be unavailable tomorrow,” simply weeks earlier than March Insanity and the Masters are set to be broadcast on CBS and different Paramount channels.
It despatched faculty basketball and golf followers who use YouTube TV right into a panic.
NFL video games on CBS have been additionally prone to being misplaced on the platform.
YouTube TV has beforehand misplaced different channels that sports activities followers crave — most notably MLB community.
Moreover, it misplaced native sports activities channels SNY and YES.
However YouTube TV reached a short-term extension with Paramount on Thursday after which introduced the complete extension on Friday.
