I maintain that YouTube TV is the very best of the streaming TV services, but good grief is it getting expensive. Today YouTube announced the service’s latest price hike, which brings the monthly subscription to $82.

The cost of the YouTube TV base plan subscription is increasing from $72.99 to $82.99, due to the 'rising cost of content.'

This price increase brings YouTube TV's total cost to more than double what it was when it debuted in 2017 ($35). The last jump was in March 2023. That means that within about a year and a half, customers are paying 28% more -- $215 a year.

YouTube TV is the latest streaming service to impose a price hike, and it's a big one. The cost of the live TV streaming service is jumping from $72.99 per month to $82.99. In a Thursday email to subscribers,

YouTube TV is getting more expensive once again. On Thursday, Google's streaming service began notifying existing customers that, starting in January, the monthly price for its base plan will jump from $73 to $83.

In an e-mail sent to its subscribers, YouTube announced that YouTube TV will soon have a 14% price hike. Here's what you need to know.

Delivering the latest case of streaming sticker shock, YouTube TV is raising prices by $10 month in January, hitting $82.99 for its basic plan. “We don't make these decisions lightly, and we realize this has an impact on our members,