YouTube

==== YouTube Primetime Channels ====
On November 1, 2022, YouTube launched Primetime Channels, a channel store platform offering third-party subscription streaming add-ons sold a la carte through the YouTube website and app, competing with similar subscription add-on stores operated by [[Apple TV app#Apple TV Channels|Apple]], [[Amazon Prime Video#Amazon Channels|Prime Video]] and [[The Roku Channel|Roku]]. The add-ons can be purchased through the YouTube Movies & TV hub or through the official YouTube channels of the available services; subscribers of YouTube TV add-ons that are sold through Primetime Channels can also access their content via the YouTube app and website. A total of 34 streaming services (including [[Paramount+]], [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], [[Starz]], [[Epix]], [[AMC+]] and [[Vix (streaming service)|ViX+]]) were initially available for purchase.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube Is Reselling Subscriptions to 34 Streaming Services, Including Paramount+ and Showtime|url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/youtube-primetime-channels-subscriptions-paramount-plus-showtime-1235419502/|first=Todd|last=Spangler|magazine=Variety|date=November 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=You can now buy some YouTube TV add-ons without the $65 base plan|url=https://www.engadget.com/youtube-tv-add-on-channel-subscriptions-172712214.html|first=Kris|last=Holt|website=[[Engadget]]|date=September 30, 2022|access-date=November 1, 2022}}</ref>

[[NFL Sunday Ticket]], as part of a broader residential distribution deal with Google signed in December 2022 that also made it available to YouTube TV subscribers, was added to Primetime Channels as a standalone add-on on [[2023 NFL season|August 16, 2023]].<ref name=nfl-sunday>{{cite web|title=Google's YouTube Grabs NFL Sunday Ticket in Seven-Year Deal|url=https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/youtube-tv-nfl-sunday-ticket-2023-season-1235468074/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref><ref name=NFLNews>{{cite news|title=NFL, Google announce agreement to distribute NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV, Primetime Channels|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-google-nfl-sunday-ticket-youtube-tv-youtube-primetime-channels|website=[[NFL.com]]|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref> The ad-free tier of [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] was added to Primetime Channels on December 12, 2023, coinciding with YouTube TV converting its separate HBO (for base plan subscribers) and HBO Max (for all subscribers) linear/VOD add-ons into a single combined Max offering.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Max Now Available on YouTube Primetime Channels|url=https://wbd.com/max-now-available-on-youtube-primetime-channels/|publisher=[[Warner Bros. Discovery]]|date=December 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Max becomes a YouTube primetime channel inductee - ads not included|url=https://www.techradar.com/streaming/max-becomes-a-youtube-primetime-channel-inductee-ads-not-included|author=Rowan Davies|website=TechRadar|publisher=Future US, Inc.|date=December 13, 2023}}</ref>{{NoteTag|Max's Primetime Channels and YouTube TV add-ons both offer in-app access to the streaming service's full content library (as well as provider login access to the standalone Max app and website), and live feeds of [[HBO]]'s linear channels (limited to the primary [[Eastern Time Zone|East Coast]] feed on the Primetime Channels version) and the Max-exclusive CNN Max and [[Bleacher Report]] streaming channels.}}