In early February, YouTube announced flexible plans for its YouTube TV service allowing customers to create bundles centered on what they truly watch the most.<\/p>\n
“TV should be easy, and with YouTube TV Plans launching this week, we\u2019re giving customers more control over their subscriptions,” the company said in a statement at the time. “Over the next several weeks we are rolling out 10+ plans across Sports, News, Entertainment and Family content, priced lower than the main YouTube TV Plan.”<\/p>\n
New Channel Added to Sports Plan<\/p>\n
Just over two months into the new venture, CordCutters News is reporting YouTube TV added a new channel to the sports plan.<\/p>\n
“YouTube TV has announced the inclusion of the ION channel in its sports package, marking a significant step forward for subscribers seeking comprehensive access to women\u2019s professional basketball,” it said.<\/p>\n
ION Previously Announced New WNBA Deal<\/p>\n
The move to include ION in the YouTube TV sports package is a welcomed sight for WNBA fans who have a litany of channels to track down in order to watch their favorite team.<\/p>\n
In 2025, ION announced a new deal to broadcast WNBA regular-season games on Friday nights after the league and Scripps reached a multiyear media rights deal.<\/p>\n
“This new multi-year agreement reflects the growing excitement surrounding the league and the rising demand for WNBA games,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement at the time. “Through Scripps’ ION Network Friday Night doubleheaders, we will continue to showcase the world-class talent of WNBA athletes to even more fans nationwide.”<\/p>\n
ION initially began airing WNBA game on Friday nights in 2023, with the initial three-year agreement reportedly worth $13 million annually.<\/p>\n
Details of the new deal were not provided, but given the spike in popularity of the league, the new deal was likely much more expensive.<\/p>\n
Related: Netflix Cancels 10 Shows, 5 Others Ending in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Men’s Journal<\/a> on May 23, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment<\/a> section. Add Men’s Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In early February, YouTube announced flexible plans for its YouTube TV service allowing customers to create bundles centered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[71760,289216,99,289217,434,9280,72175],"class_list":["post-660910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-ion","tag-ion-channel","tag-sports","tag-sports-package","tag-wnba","tag-youtube","tag-youtube-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}