What Is YouTube TV? Company Promises Chance To Stream Your Favorite Programs

SAN BRUNO, CA – YouTube is expanding the live-streaming game in a major way. Hello, YouTube TV.

Specifically aimed at millennials, Google's video service announced this week that it will soon launch a feature which will give subscribers access to programs from nearly four dozen networks. No longer tied to watching television shows from a physical TV set, subscribers will be able to access content from any device, be it a smartphone, computer or tablet.

"It’s live TV designed for the YouTube generation — those who want to watch what they want, when they want, how they want, without commitments," a company press release says of the product.

A major perk of the product will be the included access to a virtual DVR – that will never run out of storage space.

"Your cloud DVR can record as many shows as you want, simultaneously, without using precious data or space on your phone and we’ll store each of your recordings for nine months," according to YouTube.

Here's how it will work:

• YouTube TV will launch first in major U.S. markets and expand from there. You can find out when it's coming to your area here.
• The service will cost $35 per month and will include six accounts. Each account will have its own personal DVR, and three concurrent streams will be allowed at any given time.
• Included networks are: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, Telemundo, ESPN, CSN, Fox Sports, FS1, NBCSN, USA, FX, Free Form, Disney Channel, E!, ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, FS2, BTN (Big Ten Network), SEC Network, Bravo, Oxygen, FXX, SyFy, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Universo, CBS Sports Network, ESPNews, Golf, National Geographic Channel, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, CNBC, Fox Business, Local now, FXM, Sprout, Universal, Nat Geo Wild, Chiller, YouTube Red Originals
• Subscribers will be able to add on Showtime or Fox Soccer Plus to their lineup for an additional charge. That amount has not yet been disclosed.
• You can still watch the content on your television, via Google's Chromecast device.

Chief Business Officer Robert Kuncl, with a graphic showing the many networks that will be carried, speaks during the introduction of YouTube TV at YouTube Space LA in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Photo Credit: Reed Saxon/Associated Press