Overview

• YouTube TV will add C‑SPAN, C‑SPAN2 and C‑SPAN3 to its base package starting this fall.
• YouTube TV will sponsor C‑SPAN’s America250 coverage and plans to expand the network’s presence on YouTube.
• C‑SPAN says its three channels will also be available on Hulu + Live TV, which it described as a multi-year distribution deal.
• CEO Sam Feist highlighted a distributor cost of 7.25 cents per subscriber per month after years of lobbying for streaming carriage.
• YouTube previously questioned subscriber demand, while bipartisan lawmakers including Amy Klobuchar and Chuck Grassley urged streamers to carry C‑SPAN; YouTube’s Mary Ellen Coe welcomed the partnership.