YouTube TV Adds ‘Multiview’ Feature On Eve Of March Madness, With Eye Toward NFL Sunday Ticket Debut
deadline.comYouTube TV is rolling out “multiview” streaming, enabling subscribers to view as many as four linear feeds simultaneously. The viewing option will roll out gradually for a subset of the subscriber base, with all 5 million-plus subscribers gaining access “over the next several months,” the company said in a blog post.
Multiview allows audio and subtitling for pre-selected feeds to be switched by the viewer, and full-screen viewing can be selected at any time.
The debut of the feature comes as the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments are tipping off this week. In the fall, YouTube will also take the wraps off an updated NFL Sunday Ticket premium package after the tech firm acquired the longtime DirecTV property, promising major product upgrades.
German Cheung, the engineering lead for the YouTube TV core experience team, said in a Q&A in the blog post that delivering multiple feeds within the screen typically requires the user to have high-powered equipment.
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