C-SPAN’s three public affairs networks will be carried beginning this fall on YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television package, according to a deal announced on Wednesday
ByDAVID BAUDER AP media writer
September 3, 2025, 12: 14 PM
NEW YORK — C-SPAN said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to have its three channels air on YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television feed, ending a dispute that had led to a revenue squeeze for the public affairs network in the cord-cutting era.
The network said the streaming services would pay the same fee as cable and satellite companies, roughly 87 cents a year per subscriber, and that C-SPAN would continue its no-advertising policy on television.
Congress involved itself in the issue, passing a resolution this spring calling on the services’ parent companies — Alphabet for YouTube and D