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C-SPAN inks deal with YouTubeTV, Hulu
C-SPAN's revenues dropped from $64 million in 2019 to $45.4 million in 2023 due to cord-cutting and lack of streaming access, prompting a new deal with YouTube TV and Hulu.
- On Wednesday, C-SPAN announced an agreement to distribute its trio of public affairs networks through the live streaming platforms YouTube TV and Hulu starting this fall.
- The deal ended a long-running dispute caused by cord-cutting that squeezed C-SPAN's revenue and followed congressional pressure urging YouTube and Hulu to add the network.
- Streaming services will pay roughly 87 cents per subscriber annually, matching cable fees, while C-SPAN will keep its policy against commercial advertising.
- Sam Feist, CEO of C-SPAN, revealed that distributors pay a fee of 7.25 cents per subscriber each month and shared enthusiasm about delivering C-SPAN’s impartial, unedited content to the expanding audience on YouTube TV.
- The new agreement restores C-SPAN’s availability to approximately 20 million streaming viewers and could help halt the network’s revenue drop from $64 million in 2019 down to $45.4 million in 2023.
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C-SPAN reaches deal with two major streaming services to expand access
C-SPAN announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement to bring its three public affairs channels to YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television service, resolving a long-running dispute that had squeezed the network’s revenue amid widespread cord-cutting.
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Los Angeles TimesC-SPAN joins YouTube TV and Hulu + Live TV in move toward streaming future
Two major digital platforms — YouTube and Hulu + Live TV — have agreed to carry C-SPAN two months after the nonprofit organization made a public plea for wider distribution. Changing industry economics have taken a toll on C-SPAN, prompting the U.S. Senate to urge streaming companies to begin offering customers the privately funded television service, which has provided nonpartisan ...
C-SPAN lands a streaming deal with YouTube TV and Hulu
C-SPAN said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to have its three channels air on YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television feed, ending a dispute that had led to a revenue squeeze for the public affairs network in the cord-cutting era. The network said the streaming services would pay the same fee as cable and satellite companies, roughly 87 cents a year per subscriber, and that C-SPAN would continue its no-advertising policy on television. Congre…
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C-SPAN announces deal for its service to be carried on YouTube TV, Hulu
C-SPAN's three public affairs networks will be carried beginning this fall on YouTube TV and Hulu's live television package, according to a deal announced on Wednesday.
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