Hulu with Live TV is adding unlimited DVR for free

Hulu with Reside TV is giving its customers limitless DVR beginning subsequent month at no further value — a function that’ll permit it to compete extra instantly with cord-cutting rival YouTube TV.

The function will apply to all Hulu with Reside TV subscriptions starting April thirteenth and can help ​​playback and fast-forwarding on recordings for as much as 9 months (the identical storage interval supported by YouTube TV). Beforehand, Hulu with Reside TV supported as much as 50 hours of DVR storage however might improve to as much as 200 hours of storage via add-ons that ranged in value from $10 per 30 days to $15 per 30 days.

These clients who opted into add-on packages that supported further DVR house will now not be charged for the added storage starting April thirteenth.

Limitless DVR house has lengthy been one of the vital engaging options of YouTube TV, and its addition to Hulu with Reside TV is one in every of a handful of current adjustments to the service that assist Hulu with Reside TV keep aggressive within the pay-TV house. In December of final 12 months, Hulu with Reside TV bumped its base tier as much as $70 per 30 days from $65 per 30 days — the worth of YouTube TV — however bundled in Disney Plus and ESPN Plus at no further value.

Hulu with Reside TV options over 80 channels, whereas YouTube TV options greater than 100 in its base plan. Whereas Hulu with Reside TV is barely dearer, nuking its paid DVR plans and including two separate providers that value $15 between the 2 of them provides a ton of worth for households, significantly for households.

“By one single subscription, customers get entry to 80+ reside channels — together with all the key broadcast networks — in addition to Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and shortly Limitless DVR,” Joe Earley, president of Hulu, mentioned in a press release. “Guided by our relentless concentrate on delivering the patron a high-quality person expertise, we can be one of many solely pay TV suppliers — conventional or streaming — to supply this function as a part of the bottom plan at no further value.”